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Nicholas Negroponte
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Born | December 1, 1943 New York City, New York |
Nationality | US |
Alma mater | • Buckley School • Fay School • Le Rosey • The Choate School • MIT |
Parents | Dimitrios Negropontis |
Founder of | Wired |
Member of | Edge Foundation |
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Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2000 | 23 February 2000 | 23 February 2000 | US California Monterey Restaurant Cibo | At the Edge Foundation's 2000 Billionaires' dinner' "the new-media version of a Mafia wedding, you rub elbows with the dons and capos of the Internet world and become an instant member of the family." |
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2002 | 21 February 2002 | 21 February 2002 | US California Monterey | Jeffrey Epstein flew several of the attendees in. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/1995 | January 1995 | January 1995 | Switzerland WEF | On occasion of the 25th anniversary of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab published a book musing on "Ensuring sustainability in an overpopulated world". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | Switzerland WEF | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006 | 25 January 2006 | 29 January 2006 | Switzerland WEF | Both former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known. |
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