Jay Walker Biography

Born on November 5th, 1955, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He attended Cornell University where he majored in Industrial and Labor Relations. In 2000, Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.6 billion, but that quickly dropped down to $333 million by 2013. `Jay Walker is a renowned American Investor, entrepreneur and walker digital chairman, a private research and development laboratory centered on using digital networks as a means of creating new business systems. Since 2011. Walker has been the curator of TEDMED. Walker also is the founder of Priceline.com and Synapse Group, Inc. His business carrier includes the founding of services such as Synapse Group, a credit card company affiliated to a magazine subscription. He won awards such as the “Direct Marketer of the year’ in 1999 after Walker worked for the direct marketing Association. Walker also partnered with International Game Technology in 2006. The collaboration gave rise to the development of innovative slot machines and numerous other gaming devices.In 1999 he was named Most Influential New Business Strategist, by Industry Standard magazine, and in 2009 the Entrepreneurship Program at Cornell University honored Walker as the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.

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