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In 2006 Hassan started [[Willow Garage]], a robotics research lab and technology incubator. The organization created the open source robotics software suite [[Robot Operating System|ROS (Robot Operating System)]]. Willow Garage shut down in early 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2014 |title=Willow Garage Founder Scott Hassan Aims To Build A Startup Village |work=[[IEEE Spectrum]] |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/start-ups/willow-garage-founder-scott-hassan-aims-to-build-a-startup-village |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Onfro |first=Jillian |date=February 13, 2016 |title=How a billionaire who wrote Google's original code created a robot revolution |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-back-at-willow-garage-2016-2}}</ref> |
In 2006 Hassan started [[Willow Garage]], a robotics research lab and technology incubator. The organization created the open source robotics software suite [[Robot Operating System|ROS (Robot Operating System)]]. Willow Garage shut down in early 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2014 |title=Willow Garage Founder Scott Hassan Aims To Build A Startup Village |work=[[IEEE Spectrum]] |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/start-ups/willow-garage-founder-scott-hassan-aims-to-build-a-startup-village |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Onfro |first=Jillian |date=February 13, 2016 |title=How a billionaire who wrote Google's original code created a robot revolution |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-back-at-willow-garage-2016-2}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Hassan married consultant and web developer Allison Huynh in 2001. She had emigrated to the United States from Vietnam after the [[Vietnam War]]. They met through mutual friends at Stanford and had three children. In 2014, Hassan informed Allison of his intention to divorce her. Disagreements over the division of their assets were taken to trial in 2021. Before the trial, Hassan admitted to having started a website in Huynh's name containing "embarrassing information from her past".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wakabayashi |first1=Daisuke |title=Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire's Divorce. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/technology/Scott-Hassan-Allison-Huynh-divorce.html |website=New York Times |access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="NBCBayAugust2021">{{cite news |title=Silicon Valley Billionaire's Divorce Makes Headlines |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/silicon-valley-billionaires-divorce-makes-headlines/2638929/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=NBC Bay Area |date=23 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="TheTimesAug2021">{{cite news |last1=Goddard |first1=Jacqui |title=Google guru created site to shame wife in divorce battle |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/google-guru-created-site-to-shame-wife-in-divorce-battle-rjrjzhnx5 |access-date=27 December 2022 |date=24 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 03:10, 26 February 2023
Scott Hassan is a computer programmer and entrepreneur who was the main programmer of the original Google Search engine, then known as BackRub. He was research assistant at Stanford University at the time. Hassan left before Google was officially founded as a company. [1][2]
In 1997 Hassan founded FindMail, later renamed to eGroups.com, an email list management web site. The company was bought by Yahoo! for $432m in a stock deal and became Yahoo! Groups.[3][4]
In 2006 Hassan started Willow Garage, a robotics research lab and technology incubator. The organization created the open source robotics software suite ROS (Robot Operating System). Willow Garage shut down in early 2014.[5][6]
References
- ^ Fisher, Adam (July 10, 2018). "Brin, Page, and Mayer on the Accidental Birth of the Company that Changed Everything". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ McHugh, Josh (1 January 2003). "Google vs. Evil". Wired. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Company Filing, SEC.gov
- ^ Acquisition Enhances Powerful Communication Tools for Consumers Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Willow Garage Founder Scott Hassan Aims To Build A Startup Village". IEEE Spectrum. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ D'Onfro, Jillian (February 13, 2016). "How a billionaire who wrote Google's original code created a robot revolution". Business Insider.