Biography:Craig Silverstein

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Craig Silverstein
Born1972 or 1973
Alma materHarvard University
Stanford University
Employer
Spouse(s)Mary Obelnicki

Craig Silverstein (born 1972 or 1973) is a software engineer and was the first person employed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, having studied for a PhD alongside them (though he dropped out and never earned his degree) at Stanford University.[1][2][3] He graduated from Harvard and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa.[4]

Biography

Attended Eastside High School, in Gainesville, Florida.

In 1993, he won ACM-ICPC programming contest as a member of Harvard University team.[5]

His PhD supervisor was Rajeev Motwani.[2] He served as Google’s director of technology. He resigned from the company in February 2012, to work at the Khan Academy.[6]

He and his wife, Mary Obelnicki, are signers of The Giving Pledge.[7][8]

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