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Nolan Bushnell | |
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Born | (1943-02-05) February 5, 1943 (age 80) |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Utah |
Known for | Pong |
Awards | Video Game Hall of Fame Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical Engineering entrepreneur |
Institutions | Atari Chuck E. Cheese's |
Nolan Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. He founded both Atari Inc. (alongside Ted Dabney) and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters. Bushnell is in the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame. He got the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award. He was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America." Bushnell has started more than twenty companies. He is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry.