Stephen Wolfram — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Youngest recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981, at age 21.
Named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012.
Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research since 1986, and Wolfram Alpha since 2008.
Creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language.
Originator of the Wolfram Physics Project.
Author of 'A New Kind of Science' and other books.
Received a PhD in particle physics from California Institute of Technology in 1980.

Biography

Stephen Wolfram (born 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is the Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, a position he has held since 1986, and also serves as Founder and CEO of Wolfram Alpha, a Wolfram Research company, since 2008. Wolfram is widely recognized as the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language, and is the originator of the Wolfram Physics Project. He is also the author of 'A New Kind of Science' and other books.