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Nicholas Negroponte

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Person.png Nicholas Negroponte  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
academic)
BornDecember 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 ofWired
Member ofEdge Foundation
Relatives • John Negroponte.jpg John Negroponte
• Diana Villiers Negroponte.jpg Diana Negroponte
Founder of Wired, brother of John Negroponte

Employment.png Director of MIT Media Lab

In office
1985 - 2000
EmployerMIT


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/200023 February 200023 February 2000US
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/200221 February 200221 February 2002US
California
Monterey
Jeffrey Epstein flew several of the attendees in.
WEF/Annual Meeting/1995January 1995January 1995Switzerland
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/200421 January 200425 January 2004Switzerland
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/200625 January 200629 January 2006Switzerland
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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