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David Cheriton

Canadian businessman and computer scientist · Canada · On the map · Academics · Born 1951 · age 75

David Ross Cheriton is a Canadian computer scientist, businessman, philanthropist, and venture capitalist. He is a computer science professor at Stanford University, where he founded and leads the Distributed Systems Group.

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Born 1951 · age 75

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