Samuel Jerrold "Jerry" Kaplan (born March 25, 1952) is an American computer scientist, author, futurist, and entrepreneur.[6] He is best known as a pioneer in the field of pen computing and tablet computers.[7] He is the founder of numerous companies, including GO Corporation, whose technology was used to develop the first smartphone and tablet PC.[8][9] Kaplan is the co-founder of OnSale, the first B2C online auction site launched in 1994, five months prior to eBay.[5] He is a recipient of the 1998 Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award[10] and author of the best-selling book Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure.[11] He has been featured in major news publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Red Herring, and Bloomberg Businessweek.[12][13][14] Kaplan is also the author of the 2015 book Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Additional companies he has co-founded include artificial intelligence company Teknowledge, Inc. and social game website Winster.com.[1] Kaplan was briefly a Fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
^ ab"Jerry Kaplan – Winster". ecorner – Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
^Rao, Arun (2013). A History of Silicon Valley: The Greatest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet (2nd ed.). Createspace Independent. ISBN9781490330402.