George Gilder

author, venture capitalist, co-founder of Discovery Institute, Rivetz (director)
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$ 9,074,226
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About George Gilder
Author 18 books: Scandal of Money (Regnery 2016). A 21st Century Case for Gold: Information Theory of Money (AmericanPrinciplesProject.org/gilder. 2015); Knowledge&Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism (Regnery 2013); Men&Marriage; Wealth&Poverty (new edition Regnery 2012);The Spirit of Enterprise (Micron Technology history); Life After Television, Microcosm, Telecosm, The Silicon Eye, Israel Test (reissued with foreword by Joe Lieberman, Encounter, 2012). Microcosm and Telecosm listed among the era's top 10 technology books by VentureBeat in 2012 and Microcosm ranked among the era's top two technology books by Wired. Knowledge and Power was libertarian "book of the year"​ at FreedomFest 2013. Contributor Forbes, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal. Co-author The Party That Lost Its Head (Knopf, 1965) , with Bruce Chapman. Work as venture capitalist (angel) with U.S. technology companies (such as Otoy--world's leading 3D graphics in the cloud; Immusoft, pioneering the programming of immune cells; Gerson-Lehrman Group, world's leader in knowledge networking; Rivetz, leader in digital wallet security and bitcoin interfaces; and Israeli tech companies--such as EZchip, leader in network processing chips, ASOCS, world leading software defined radio chip design); Contextors, breakthrough language recognition products. Wrote Gilder Technology Report. Began technology writing in the Rosen Letter and Release2.0.; on boards of private companies such as Berkshire Corporation (10 years; cleanroom products), Seldon Technology (4 years; carbon nanotube filters), Rivetz (current; security products) and public companies such as Wave Systems (1993-2015), K-12 (several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s), Mosaix (5 years in the 1990s). Number 27 Management Guru in Clayton Christensen's Top 50. Founder-fellow of Discovery Institute. Specialties: Long distance running, chiefly trail and hill races, and Nordic skiing.
Education
  • Harvard University
    • AB
    • Government
Experience
  • ASOCS
    • Chairman
    • Advisory Committee
  • Gilder Forbes Telecosm Conference
    • Chairman
  • Gilder Publishing, LLC
    • Chairman
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  • Discovery Institute
    • Co-Founder and Fellow
  • Discovery Institute in DC
    • Founder-Fellow
  • Wave Systems
    • Director
  • Seldon Technology
    • Former Director
  • Gilder Technology Forum
    • Owner
  • Mosaix
    • Director