Nolan Bushnell

@Entrepreneurs, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nolan Bushnell is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs credited with revolutionizing the world of video games Millionaires American Stanford University Business People Aquarius Celebrities The man behind the company ‘Atari’ and ‘Chuck E’ Cheese’ is the business mogul Nolan Bushnell. He had an inclination towards arcade games during his youth and was one of the few students during the 1960s to have played the game ‘Spacewar’. He was born in California and during his youth he was employed at the ‘Lagoon Amusement Park’ where he saw people enjoying coin-op games and later, he ventured into the business world as a pioneer of video games. He completed his graduation in electrical engineering and later established companies such as ‘Atari’ which heralded new concepts in the world of video games. He later, purchased the ‘Pizza Time Theatre’ from ‘Warner Communications’ which was an amusement restaurant. His vision behind this business venture was to propagate his games through the restaurant by offering them inside the restaurant. He has been associated with many companies as their advisory member and has helped them better their productivity. His most recent initiative is the ‘BrainRush’ company which is devised to make education interesting by incorporating it with video games and he is confident about this venture being an overwhelming success as well as helpful for the students as well the educators.

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Birthday: February 5, 1943 Nationality: American Famous: Entrepreneurs, Millionaires, Stanford University, Business People Spouses: Nancy Bushnell Known as: Nolan Key Bushnell Childrens: Alissa Bushnell Universities: Stanford University University of Utah Stanford University University of Utah College of Engineering Information Detail Birthday February 5, 1943 Nationality American Famous Entrepreneurs, Millionaires, Stanford University, Business People Spouses Nancy Bushnell Known as Nolan Key Bushnell Childrens Alissa Bushnell Universities Stanford University University of Utah Stanford University University of Utah College of Engineering Notable Alumnis Stanford University Founder / Co-Founder Atari Chuck E. Cheese's Catalyst Technologies Atari Inc. Kee Games Sente Technologies uWink Birth Place Clearfield Height 180cm Gender Male Net Worth $75 Million as of April 10,2017 Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Clearfield Famous as Entrepreneur

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Nolan married Paula Rochelle Nielson and the couple was blessed with three children. He later married a lady named Nancy and this couple had five children. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born in Clearfield, Utah on 5th February, 1943. He grew up in the ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

During his high school and college days he was employed at the ‘Lagoon Amusement Park’. It was at the recreation centre that he first saw the interest people had for gaming. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He then joined the ‘University Of Utah College Of Engineering’ and in 1968, he earned a BS degree in electrical engineering from the institute. He was also associated with the frat group named ‘Pi Kappa Alpha’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

The ‘University of Utah’ carried on research on computer graphics programme and Nolan was one among the few students who played the ‘Spacewar!’ game during that period of time. The university developed many versions of the Spacewar game. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Nolan, along with his associate Ted Dabney, co-founded the company ‘Syzygy’ in 1969, and built a similar game as ‘Spacewar’ and named it ‘Computer Space’. While the development was in process, Bushnell and Dabney repaired pinball machines in order to support their company. Unsplash Career

While Dabney developed the prototype of the gaming machine, Nolan negotiated with the manufacturer ‘Nutting Associates’ to launch their machine in the market. The machine was launched but did not receive much success. Nolan then resolved to collaborate with a different company to launch his other games. Unsplash Career

The developer-duo figured out that the name ‘Syzygy’ was already in use and renamed their company in 1972, as ‘Atari’. Their office was set in Sunnyvale, California and also appointed Allan Alcorn who was an engineer, and also the first employee of their company ‘Atari’. Unsplash Career

They collaborated with the company ‘Bally Manufacturing’. Eventually, he parted ways with his business partner Ted Dabney and was solely responsible for managing the company. Unsplash Career

After learning about the game ‘Magnavox Odyssey’, he asked his company’s engineer Allan Alcorn to create an arcade game based on the ‘Magnavox’ game. Thus, the game ‘Pong’ was built with many new features like sound and score tally. The game gained immense popularity among gamers and the company continued to produce it for the following few years. Unsplash Career

He is the co-founder of the company ‘Atari, Inc.’ which revolutionized the arcade gaming world with its game ‘Pong’. Bushnell was the brain behind the operations of this company and this avid gamer is also involved with many revolutionary gaming concepts such as the anti-aging games and an educational gaming platform ‘BrainRush’. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 5, 1943
Nationality	American
Famous	Entrepreneurs, Millionaires, Stanford University, Business People
Spouses	Nancy Bushnell
Known as	Nolan Key Bushnell
Childrens	Alissa Bushnell
Universities	Stanford University University of Utah Stanford University University of Utah College of Engineering
Notable Alumnis	Stanford University
Founder / Co-Founder	Atari Chuck E. Cheese's Catalyst Technologies Atari Inc. Kee Games Sente Technologies uWink
Birth Place	Clearfield
Height	180cm
Gender	Male
Net Worth	$75 Million as of April 10,2017
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Clearfield
Famous as	Entrepreneur

Nolan Bushnell

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Feb 5, 1943

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