Nicholas Negroponte

1943 -

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Choate Rosemary Hall, Buckley School, Fay School

occupation: computer scientist, architect, investor, university teacher, writer, international forum participant

Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte is the author of the 1995 bestseller Being Digital translated into more than forty languages. Source: Wikipedia (en)