- Jay S. Walker
Jay S. Walker (born 1956) is an American
entrepreneur who foundedPriceline.com andWalker Digital . At one point Mr. Walker's net worth topped USD$4 billion, which was almost entirely Priceline.comstock . However, almost all of this was lost during the dot-com crash. He earned a B.S. in Industrial Relations fromCornell University in 1977, where he was a member of theQuill and Dagger society.Jay and his wife Eileen have two children, Evan and Lindsey, and have made their home in Ridgefield,
Connecticut since 1990 [Rindfleisch, Mary. [http://ridgefieldctlibrary.blogspot.com/2007/07/each-june-ridgefield-library.html Ridgefield CT Library blog] , 7/30/07] . Walker's personal library occupies 3,600 square feet and features artifacts and models of space exploration, cryptography and James Bond films. [cite news|url=http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all|title=Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library|last=Levy|first=Steven |date=9.22.08 |publisher=Wired]References
External links
* [http://www.walkerdigital.com/images/BIO_JayWalker.pdf Official biography]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/shows/1999/11/17/3/an-interview-with-jay-walker Video interview with Jay Walker about Priceline.com]
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