- Chris Anderson (TED)
Chris Anderson is the curator of the TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference, an influential annual conference. Anderson, who is British, was born in
Pakistan in 1957. [ [http://www.ted.com/index.php/profiles/view/id/9 TED | Sign in ] ] His parents were medical missionaries and he spent most of his early life in Pakistan,India andAfghanistan before going to public school inEngland . In 1978 he graduated from Oxford University, with a degree inPhilosophy, Politics, and Economics .A brief career in
journalism followed, including working for apirate radio station in theSeychelles . In 1985, with meagre personal funding (£10,000 is the official story [cite web
url=http://www.futureplc.com/future/aboutus/history.jsp?year=1985
title=Corporate history
publisher=Future plc
accessdate=2008-03-02] ), he launched a publishing company devoted to hobbyist
computer magazine s. Future Publishing (based in Bath, UK) began publishingAmstrad Action , and rapidly grew to publish over 20 magazines. In 1994 Anderson moved to theSan Francisco Bay Area and continued to launch magazines including "PC Gamer ", "MacAddict" and "Business 2.0 ", and websites such as the games portal IGN.com. Future grew to more than 130 magazines and more than 1500 employees. It floated on theLondon Stock Exchange in 1999 and at its peak had amarket capitalization above $2 billion.In 2001 Anderson left Future to work full time on TED which had been acquired that year by his private not-for-profit foundation,
The Sapling Foundation .Anderson lives and works in
New York City .References
External links
* [http://blog.ted.com/ TED Blog]
* [http://edge.org/q2007/q07_1.html#andersont Essay on Optimism]
* [http://cthings.com/blogger/people/2006/01/chris-anderson-curator-of-ted.html Online interview]
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