American computer scientist, co-creator of the Self programming language — which directly influenced JavaScript and modern language design. In Stanford, he taught programming languages and computer architecture, from 1985 to 1990. In 1991, he joined Sun Microsystems and became a distinguished engineer. In 2006 he was recognized as an ACM Distinguished Engineer and in 2010 a Fellow.[1] From 2007 to 2017, he worked at IBM Research, where he was a member of the Dynamic Optimization Group, and investigated new paradigms including ensemble and subjective programming. From 2017 to 2022, he worked at Apple, where he sped up Swift language compilation. Currently retired, he builds apps for his personal use on various Apple platforms. Ungar holds over 20 US patents.

Father of value investing and Warren Buffett's mentor. Developed the concepts of intrinsic value and margin of safety.

One of the fathers of modern computing. Invented object-oriented programming and the GUI concept at Xerox PARC.

Godfather of deep learning. Turing Award winner for his work on neural networks. Left Google in 2023.

Chief AI Scientist at Meta and Turing Award laureate. Pioneer of convolutional neural networks and deep learning.

was an English economist whose writings are considered the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its various offshoots.[7] Originally trained in mathematics, he built on and refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles.[8] His ideas, further developed after his death as New Keynesianism, are seen as foundational to mainstream macroeconomics. He has been referred to as the "father of macroeconomics"[9] and is considered one of the most influential economists of the 20th century.

was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.[4] With George Stigler, Friedman was among the intellectual leaders of the Chicago school of economics, a neoclassical school of economic thought associated with the faculty at the University of Chicago that rejected Keynesianism in favor of monetarism before shifting their focus to new classical macroeconomics in the mid-1970s.

Thomas Sowell (/soʊl/ SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.[1][2][3] He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution[4][5] and was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002.[6][a]