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George Hotz

1989 - Today

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George Francis Hotz (born October 2, 1989), alias geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur, and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony. From September 2015 onwards, he has been working on his vehicle automation machine learning company comma.ai. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Hotz has received more than 2,751,344 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Hotz is the 423rd most popular inventor (down from 384th in 2019), the 17,272nd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,462nd in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Hotz ranks 423 out of 426. Before him are Jarkko Oikarinen, Boyan Slat, Tony Fadell, David Hahn, Wendell Brown, and Franky Zapata. After him are Simone Giertz, and Jack Andraka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, George Hotz ranks 639. Before him are Stevan Jelovac, Michael Beasley, Yohan Mollo, Allison Pineau, Deniz Naki, and Dyego Sousa. After him are Kjeld Nuis, Grzegorz Sandomierski, Genevieve Gregson, Ben Mee, Casper Ulrich Mortensen, and Álex Quiñónez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Hotz ranks 17,272 out of 20,380. Before him are Brendan Hansen (1981), Texas Battle (1980), The Alchemist (1977), Justin Baldoni (1984), Brandon Ingram (1997), and Josh Keaton (1979). After him are Jeh Johnson (1957), Reginald Hudlin (1961), America Olivo (1978), Deshaun Thomas (1991), Joel Courtney (1996), and Jasmine Tookes (1991).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Hotz ranks 130. Before him are Marc Andreessen (1971), Valerie Thomas (1943), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Tony Fadell (1969), David Hahn (1976), and Wendell Brown (1961). After him are Jack Andraka (1997).

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