Jay S. Walker | |
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| Born | November 5, 1955 New York City, US |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS) |
| Occupation | Chairman of Walker Digital |
| Spouse | Eileen Walker (m. 1978) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www.walkerdigital.com |
Jay Scott Walker (born November 5, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and chairman of Walker Digital, a privately held research and development lab focused on using digital networks to create new business systems. Walker is also curator of TEDMED since 2011, and a founder of Priceline.com (now known as Booking Holdings) and Synapse Group, Inc. In 2000, Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.6 billion.[1] By October 2000, his estimated worth was down to $333 million.[2] As of 2013, he is not on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires.[3]
A 1999 Forbes profile of Walker noted his reliance on patents as a business model.[4] When developing patents, Walker uses a methodology that streamlines the process of identifying problems and developing their solutions. By pulling apart and eliminating "false problems", the methodology identifies solutions, which – according to Walker – have sustainable components that can lead to a long-term sustainable business.[5] Walker owns 12 business method patents and 240 others pending.[6]
- ^ "Forbes lists". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2002-01-31.
- ^ Rawe, Julie; Roston, Eric (October 15, 2000). "How Much Did They Lose?". Time. Archived from the original on February 10, 2001.
- ^ Kroll, Luisa and Kerry A. Dolan, Kerry A (March 4, 2013). "The World's Billionaires". Forbes.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Machan, Dyan (1999-05-17). "An Edison for a new age?". Forbes. pp. 20–21.
- ^ Kidder, David S. (2012). The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from their Founding Entrepreneurs. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-4521-2404-9.
- ^ Stobbs, Gregory A. (2022). Business Method Patents. Wolters Kluwer. pp. 1–16. ISBN 978-0-7355-1003-6.