Famous Nerds #14 (cont)
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Jim Clark
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- 1974: PhD (Utah) in Virtual Reality
- 1974-82: Prof. at UC Santa Cruz then Stanford
- 1981: Founded Silicon Graphics ($$$)
- 1994: Founded Netscape ($$$)
- 1996: Founded Healtheon ($$$)
(networked health care)
- 1996: Founded myCFO
(online financial management)
- 1999: Founded Shutterfly
(photographic prints via Net)
- 1990's: built "Hyperion"
(world's largest single-masted yacht)
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Excellent book about Jim Clark: "The New New Thing" by Michael Lewis
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