Nolan Bushnell
Founder of Atari who helped launch the video game industry.
Their Story
Nolan Bushnell is an engineer and entrepreneur who founded Atari, an early video game company. He helped popularize arcade games like Pong and brought video games to homes and arcades. His company helped turn video games into a major industry.
Era
1900s
Field
Video Games
Nolan Bushnell
Founder of Atari who helped launch the video game industry.
Technology · Video Games · 1900s
Their Story
Nolan Bushnell is an engineer and entrepreneur who founded Atari, an early video game company. He helped popularize arcade games like Pong and brought video games to homes and arcades. His company helped turn video games into a major industry.
Key Innovation
Founded Atari and helped popularize arcade and home video games like Pong.
Why It Matters Today
The huge world of video games students enjoy today grew from the early industry he helped build.
Learn More
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org
