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Nicholas Negroponte is founder and chairman of the “One
Laptop per Child” non-profit association. He is currently on leave
from MIT, where he was co-founder and director of the MIT Media
Laboratory, and the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Technology. A
graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided
design, and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. Conceived
in 1980, the Media Laboratory opened its doors in 1985. He is also
author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated
into more than 40 languages. In the private sector, Negroponte serves on
the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partner in a
venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for
information and entertainment. He has provided start-up funds for more
than 40 companies, including Wired magazine.
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