| Danny Hillis AKA William Daniel Hillis Born: 25-Sep-1956
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Founder, Thinking Machines Wife: Pati (twin sons, one daughter)
Son: Asa (twin)
Son: Noah (twin)
Daughter: India
University: BS Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978)
University: MS EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981)
University: PhD EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988)
Administrator: Science Board, Santa Fe Institute
Administrator: Advisory Board, Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University
Metaweb Technologies, Inc. Co-Founder (2005-)
Applied Minds, Inc. (2000-)
Disney (-2000)
Thinking Machines Co-Founder (1983-95)
Member of the Board of Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Association for Computing Machinery
Long Now Foundation Co-Chairman
National Academy of Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board
World Technology Network
Dan David Prize 2002
Author of books:
The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (1998, nonfiction)
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