Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Foundation Award cookbook of the year 2012 and 2018
★Princeton James Madison Medal 2005 - university's top alumni honor
★Foreign Policy top 100 global thinkers 2010
★Golden Plate Award American Academy of Achievement 1996
★UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Luminary Award 2021
★Heritage Radio Network Hall of Fame 2019
★Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and IACP awards for multiple publications
Notable Facts
→Former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer and founded Microsoft Research
→Co-founder of Intellectual Ventures ($3 billion revenue, 70,000+ patents)
→Co-founder of TerraPower nuclear energy company
→Principal author of groundbreaking Modernist Cuisine cookbook series
→Net worth estimated at $700 million
→PhD in theoretical physics, worked with Stephen Hawking at Cambridge
→Published research in Nature, Science, Physical Review on diverse topics
→Award-winning nature photographer with books and gallery exhibitions
→Speaking fees $10,000-$20,000 for live events
→World Championship Barbecue contest winner
→Holds nearly 900 patents personally