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George Hotz

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George Francis Hotz (born October 2, 1989), alias geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur, and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony. From September 2015 onwards, he has been working on his vehicle automation machine learning company comma.ai. Since November 2022, Hotz has been working on tinygrad, a deep learning framework. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). George Hotz is the 425th most popular inventor (down from 423rd in 2024), the 17,934th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,266th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Hotz ranks 425 out of 426. Before him are Curt O. Schaller, Shiva Ayyadurai, Boyan Slat, Jarkko Oikarinen, Jack Andraka, and Tony Fadell. After him are Franky Zapata, Wendell Brown, Simone Giertz, Ryan Dahl, Sangeeta Bhatia, and Gitanjali Rao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, George Hotz ranks 702. Before him are Saša Čađo, Li Chao, Yuichi Maruyama, Synnøve Solemdal, Teddy Tamgho, and Jakub Sylvestr. After him are Nathan Júnior, Jelle Vossen, Danny Latza, Grzegorz Sandomierski, Nilson Ricardo da Silva Júnior, and Emil Salomonsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Hotz ranks 17,942 out of 20,380. Before him are Yusuf Gatewood (1982), Alex Wolff (1997), Texas Battle (1980), Ángela Aguilar (2003), Ronnie Baker (1993), and Alela Diane (1983). After him are Jack Kilmer (1995), Michael Orozco (1986), Crystal Allen (1972), George Stults (1975), Ray Nagin (1956), and Noah Gray-Cabey (1995).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Hotz ranks 130. Before him are Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Sarah E. Goode (1855), David Hahn (1976), Jack Andraka (1997), and Tony Fadell (1969). After him are Wendell Brown (1961), Ryan Dahl (1981), Sangeeta Bhatia (1968), and Gitanjali Rao (2005).

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