Paul Graham (programmer)
Paul Graham (/ɡræm/; born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, investor, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.
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| Born | November 13, 1964 Weymouth, Dorset, England |
| Citizenship | British American |
| Education | Gateway High School |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Viaweb Y Combinator Hacker News Hackers & Painters |
| Spouse | Jessica Livingston (m. 2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Thesis | The State of a Program and Its Uses (1990) |
| Website | paulgraham |
He is the author of several computer programming books, including: On Lisp, ANSI Common Lisp, and Hackers & Painters. Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher".
Graham was born in England, where he and his family maintain permanent residence. However he is also a citizen of the United States, where he earned his degrees, and resided in until 2016.
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