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Name

David Cheriton

Primary Residence

Palo Alto, California

Education

Doctorate, University of Waterloo | Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of British Columbia | Master of Science, University of Waterloo

Citizenship

Canada

Affiliated Companies

Stanford University

Source Of Wealth

Google, Self Made

Net Worth

$6,600,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-cheriton

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

298

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#298 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#50 Richest In Tech 2017

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/richest-in-tech/

Summary

"Professor Billionaire" David Cheriton, who teaches at Stanford University, made his fortune thanks to an early investment in Google.Cheriton and Andreas von Bechtolsheim (also now a billionaire) each invested $100,000 in Google when it was just getting started.The pair cofounded 3 companies: Arista Networks (IPO in 2014), Granite Systems (sold to Cisco in 1996) and Kealia (sold to Sun Microsystems in 2004).Cheriton resigned from Arista's board in March 2014 and has been unloading his stock; he still owns nearly 10% through a trust for his children.

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He still lives in the Palo Alto home he's owned for 30 years and cuts his own hair.Cheriton is also an angel investor in a number of tech companies.

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