Nolan Bushnell

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Nolan Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of the video game industry and the co-founder of Atari.

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instanceOf engineer
entrepreneur
human
video game industry pioneer
almaMater University of Utah NERFINISHED
awardReceived AIAS Pioneer Award NERFINISHED
BAFTA Fellowship NERFINISHED
coFounded Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1943-02-05
degree bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
designed Computer Space arcade game NERFINISHED
educatedIn electrical engineering
employer Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup White American
fieldOfWork computer engineering
video game industry
founded Androbot Inc. NERFINISHED
BrainRush NERFINISHED
Catalyst Technologies Venture Capital Group NERFINISHED
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre NERFINISHED
Sente Technologies NERFINISHED
uWink NERFINISHED
fullName Nolan Kay Bushnell NERFINISHED
gender male
honoredBy Video Game Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
industry education technology
restaurants
video games
influenced early arcade game design
home video game console market
knownForQuote "I always believed that the future of entertainment was interactive."
languageSpoken English
notableFor founding Atari, Inc.
pioneering the commercial video game industry
notableWork development of Atari 2600 ecosystem
numberOfChildren 8
occupation business executive
engineer
entrepreneur
oversawCreationOf Pong arcade game NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Clearfield, Utah, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld CEO of Atari, Inc.
residence California, United States
saleOfAtariYear 1976
soldCompanyTo Warner Communications NERFINISHED
spouse Nancy Nino NERFINISHED

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Atari, Inc. foundedBy Nolan Bushnell
Atari, Inc. notableEmployee Nolan Bushnell
Chuck E. Cheese (CEC Entertainment) foundedBy Nolan Bushnell
subject surface form: Chuck E. Cheese