David Ross Cheriton Biography

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David Cheriton

Full Name: David Ross Cheriton

Date of Birth: March 29, 1951 (age 70)

Place of Birth: David Ross Cheriton

Citizenship: Canada

Education: B.S., University of British Columbia (1973) M.S., University of Waterloo (1974)
Ph.D., University of Waterloo (1978)

Awards: SIGCOMM Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003

Fields: Computer science, Business, Philanthropy, Mathematics

 

 

 

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David Ross Cheriton Biography:

  • David Ross Cheriton is a Canadian computer scientist, mathematician, billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and venture capitalist.
  • Cheriton attended public schools in the Highlands neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • He briefly attended the University of Alberta where he had applied for both mathematics and music. He was rejected by the music program, and then went on to study mathematics and received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from the University of British Columbia in 1973.
  • He is a computer science professor at Stanford University, where he founded and leads the Distributed Systems Group.
  • Cheriton received his Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1974 and 1978, respectively.
  • He spent three years as an assistant professor at his Alma mater, the University of British Columbia, before moving to Stanford.
  • He is a distributed computing and computer networking expert, with insight into identifying big market opportunities and building the architectures needed to address such opportunities.
  • He has founded and invested in technology companies, including Google, where he was among the first angel investors; VMware, where he was an early investor; and Arista, where he was cofounder and chief scientist. He has funded at least 20 companies.

 

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