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George Hotz

1989 - Today

George Hotz

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 different languages on Wikipedia. George Hotz is the 422nd most popular inventor (up from 423rd in 2019), the 17,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,270th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Hotz ranks 422 out of 426. Before him are Richard Pearse, David Hahn, Boyan Slat, Jarkko Oikarinen, Jack Andraka, and Tony Fadell. After him are Franky Zapata, Wendell Brown, and Simone Giertz.

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Richard Pearse
1877 - 1953
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 416
David Hahn
1976 - 2016
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 417
Boyan Slat
1994 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 418
Jarkko Oikarinen
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 419
Jack Andraka
1997 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 420
Tony Fadell
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 421
George Hotz
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 422
Franky Zapata
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 423
Wendell Brown
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 424
Simone Giertz
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 425

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, George Hotz ranks 678. 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.

Others Born in 1989

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Saša Čađo
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 672
Li Chao
CHESS PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 673
Yuichi Maruyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 674
Synnøve Solemdal
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 675
Teddy Tamgho
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 676
Jakub Sylvestr
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 677
George Hotz
INVENTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 678
Nathan Júnior
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 679
Jelle Vossen
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 680
Danny Latza
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 681
Grzegorz Sandomierski
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 682
Nilson Ricardo da Silva Júnior
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 683
Emil Salomonsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 684