Jay S. Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jay S. Walker

American businessman

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Forest Hills, New York, United States

Profession: entrepreneur

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jay S. Walker

  • Jay Scott Walker (born November 5, 1955) is an American inventor, entrepreneur and chairman of Walker Digital, a privately held research and development lab focused on using digital networks to create new business systems.
  • Walker is also curator of TEDMED since 2011, and a founder of Priceline.com (now known as Booking Holdings) and Synapse Group, Inc.
  • In 2000, Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.6 billion.
  • By October 2000, his estimated worth was down to $333 million.
  • As of 2013, he is not on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires.A 1999 Forbes profile of Walker questioned if he was "An Edison for a New Age," noting his reliance on patents as a business model.
  • Such legal controversy has led some to label Walker a patent troll.
  • He has been granted 959 U.S.
  • utility patents as of June 6, 2019.
  • Businessweek featured him as one of the "Businessweek e.biz 25" in 1999.

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