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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 2,591,663 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. George Hotz is the 384th most popular inventor (down from 350th in 2019), the 15,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,391st in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 30.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Hotz ranks 384 out of 354. Before him are Jarkko Oikarinen, David Hahn, Boyan Slat, Wendell Brown, Tony Fadell, and Jack Andraka. After him are Franky Zapata and Simone Giertz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, George Hotz ranks 578. Before him are Sho Sasaki, Hrvoje Milić, Innocent Emeghara, Mo Tae-bum, Brandon Jennings, and Eric Bledsoe. After him are Mu Kanazaki, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Lea Sirk, Vagif Javadov, Lamine Gassama, and Alba Torrens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Hotz ranks 15,504 out of 18,182. Before him are Eric Nam (1988), Roxana Saberi (1977), Cody Cameron (1970), Sean Spicer (1971), John Godina (1972), and Alex Acker (1983). After him are Shawne Fielding (1969), Hunter Parrish (1987), Logic (1990), Sam Kendricks (1992), Matt Mead (1962), and Andrew Bird (1973).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Hotz ranks 118. Before him are Marc Andreessen (1971), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), David Hahn (1976), Wendell Brown (1961), Tony Fadell (1969), and Jack Andraka (1997).

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