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Nolan Bushnell Net Worth


Nolan Bushnell Net Worth

Nolan Bushnell net worth is
$12 Million

Nolan Bushnell Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Nolan Key Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award, and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America." Bushnell has started more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry. He is currently on the board of Anti-Aging Games, but his latest venture is an educational software company called Brainrush that is using video game technology in educational software, incorporating real brain science, in a way that Bushnell believes will fundamentally change education. Nolan, who is co-founder and chairman of Brainrush, believes that Brainrush will be his biggest success.Nolan is credited with Bushnell's Law, an aphorism about games "easy to learn and difficult to master" being rewarding. 
Full NameNolan Bushnell
Net Worth$12 Million
Date Of BirthFebruary 5, 1943
Place Of BirthClearfield, Utah, USA
ProfessionVideo Game Designer, Entrepreneur, Writer, Electrical engineer, Businessperson
EducationUniversity of Utah College of Engineering, University of Utah, Stanford University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseNancy Bushnell
ChildrenWyatt Bushnell, Brent N. Bushnell, Alissa Bushnell, Tyler Bushnell, Dylan Bushnell
NicknamesNolan Bushnell, Bushnell, Nolan
Twitter
LinkedIn
IMDB
AwardsBAFTA Fellowship
MoviesAtari: Game Over, Something Ventured
Star SignAquarius
#Fact
1currently owns uwink.com [May 2002]
Nolan Bushnell, Al Alcorn

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Breakout1976Video Game game designer
Pong1972Video Game engineer / game designer

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Off the Wall1984Video Game original concept
Computer Space1971Video Game creator

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Ripple Effect2016TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Atari: Game Over2014Documentary very special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Eighties2016TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars2016DocumentaryHimself
In Conversation with Alex Malley2016TV SeriesHimself
Endgame2016TV SeriesHimself - Interviewee
The 986 Patent2015DocumentaryHimself (rumored)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine2015DocumentaryHimself
World 1-12015DocumentaryHimself
Atari: Game Over2014DocumentaryHimself - Co-Founder, Atari
Video Games: The Movie2014DocumentaryHimself
Gamer Age2014DocumentaryHimself
Gameplay2013DocumentaryHimself
How Video Games Changed the World2013TV Movie documentaryHimself
Steve Jobs: Visionary Entrepreneur2013DocumentaryHimself
Ctrl+Alt+Compete2011DocumentaryHimself
Something Ventured2011DocumentaryHimself
Code Monkeys2007TV SeriesHimself
Modern Marvels2007TV Series documentaryHimself - Founder: Atari
Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games2006TV MovieHimself - Video Game Engineer
Made in the USA2005TV SeriesJudge
The Video Game Revolution2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Icons2002TV Series documentaryHimself
Electric Playground1998TV Series documentaryHimself
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance1998TV Movie documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2009Academy FellowshipBAFTA AwardsBAFTA Games

Known for movies

Thanks

Atari: Game Over (2014)
as Thanks

Himself

Video Games: The Movie (2014)
as Himself

Himself - Video Game Engineer

Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games (2006)
as Himself - Video Game Engineer

Himself

8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars (2016)
as Himself