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Tristan Harris Wikipedia Biography, Age Birthday, Book, Wife, Net worth

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Personal Details Summary
Name Tristan Harris
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in San Francisco in August 1984. As of 2024, he is around 40 years old.
Dating / Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse No confirmed information is available.
Children / No. of Kids None
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race White
Nationality American
Why did Tristan Harris leave Google? Harris was hired by Google to lead ethical design, but he left the company in 2016 to co-found the Center for Humane Technology.
Wiki Bio / Profile Background

Introduction :

  • Tristan Harris is an American software engineer, technology expert, activist, entrepreneur, and philosopher.
  • Innovative and passionate about his cause, Tristan has worked hard for several years to create his own legacy and to spread awareness for issues close to his heart.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

  • When Tristan was still a young boy, he used to be very passionate about magic and especially enjoyed performing for his friends and family. He even showed off some of his skills at his mother’s birthday party.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

  • Harris graduated from Maria Carrillo High School before moving on to Stanford University.
  • He graduated from Stanford with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. Throughout the course of his studies, he focused on various subjects that included habit information, social psychology, economics, human-computer interaction, and behavior change.
  • Tristan also took part in the university overseas program and traveled to Berlin in 2004. He is also a 2006 Stanford Mayfield Fellow.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

  • After graduating from university, Tristan worked at Apple as a software engineer in Hamburg, Germany, and Cupertino, California. He left Apple in October 2005.
  • Harries spent four months with Wikia as a Mayfield Fellow before co-founding Apture in July of 2007. He was CEO of the San Francisco-based company for around 4 years.
  • In April 2013, he began working as a product manager for Google before being promoted to design ethicist and product philosopher. While working for Google, he spent time in three different regions namely Mountain View, San Francisco, and New York.
  • Currently, Tristan works as an angel advisor and investor for the ProductBio team in addition to being an influential member of the Time Well Spent movement, which is aimed at helping global society overcome technology addictions.
  • More recently, he co-founded The Center for Humane Technology and has been recognized as one of the top technology entrepreneurs in the US and the world.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • In addition to being passionate about helping society, young people, in particular, overcome their technology addictions, Tristan is also committed to fulfilling various humanitarian causes. Some of the causes he is passionate about include social justice, environmental welfare, and the alleviation of poverty.
  • In addition to being a native English speaker, he also speaks German and Spanish although he is not as fluent.
  • Throughout the years, Harris has received a lot of recognition for his hard work and innovative ideas.
  • In 2017, he was listed as one of the “25 People Who Were Shaping The World” by Rolling Stone. He was also a part of Fortune’s list of “40 People Under 40” in 2018.
  • Harris’ has had his work featured in several publications and on several media platforms such as The Economist, TED, PBS NewsHour, 60 Minutes, HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Recode, WIRED, The Atlantic, Der Spiegel and the New York Times.
  • He has also had the honor of briefing several heads of state, members of the U.S Congress, and CEOs of tech companies about the current state of technology and the economy.
  • Tristan is also an Open Markets Institute advisor in addition to being a Harvard Kennedy School Visiting Fellow.

3 thoughts on “Tristan Harris Wikipedia Biography, Age Birthday, Book, Wife, Net worth”

  1. Tristan your conscience is alive towards human beings…not like other rich pastors, they only care for themselves.

    I have a question for you. My son is trying to get into law school in Berkeley, he cannot afford it. Are you willing to contribute to his law school fees?

    I will be appreciated all my life as a mother.

    Sylvia Smith.

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