John L. Hennessy, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, served as President of Stanford University from September 2000 until August 2016. In 2017, he initiated the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, the largest fully endowed graduate-level scholarship program in the world, and he currently serves as Director of the program.
Hennessy, a pioneer in computer architecture, joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. In 1981, he drew together researchers to focus on a technology known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), which revolutionized computing by increasing performance while reducing costs. Hennessy helped transfer this technology to industry cofounding MIPS Computer Systems in 1984. His subsequent research focused on multiprocessor systems, including the DASH and FLASH projects, both of which pioneered concepts now used in industry. He was appointed as the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1987. He has been chair of Computer Science (1994-1996), dean of the School of Engineering (1996-1999), and university provost (1999-2000) before being appointed as Stanford’s 10th president in 2000. As president he focused on increasing financial aid and on developing new initiatives in multidisciplinary research and teaching. He was the founding board chair of Atheros Communications, one of the early developers of WiFi technology, and has served on the board of Cisco and Alphabet (Google’s parent company). He is the coauthor (with David Patterson) of two internationally used textbooks in computer architecture.
His honors include the 2012 Medal of Honor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the 2017 ACM Turing Award (jointly with David Patterson), the 2001 Eckert-Mauchly Award of the Association for Computing Machinery; the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, and the 2004 NEC C&C Prize for lifetime achievement in computer science and engineering. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Royal Academy of Engineering, and the American Philosophical Society. Hennessy earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science from the Stony Brook University.
What is John L. Hennessy's net worth?
The estimated net worth of John L. Hennessy is at least $3.49 million as of September 9th, 2022. Mr. Hennessy owns 33,260 shares of Alphabet stock worth more than $3,489,639 as of March 22nd. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other investments that Mr. Hennessy may own. Learn More about John L. Hennessy's net worth.
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Has John L. Hennessy been buying or selling shares of Alphabet?
John L. Hennessy has not been actively trading shares of Alphabet in the last ninety days. Most recently, John L. Hennessy sold 1,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a transaction totalling $165,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 33,260 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,658,600. Learn More on John L. Hennessy's trading history.
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Are insiders buying or selling shares of Alphabet?
During the last twelve months, Alphabet insiders bought shares 7 times. They purchased a total of 2,145,877 shares worth more than $58,468,899.36. During the last twelve months, insiders at the information services provider sold shares 43 times. They sold a total of 971,294 shares worth more than $64,724,524.94. The most recent insider tranaction occured on March, 16th when Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 37,500 shares worth more than $3,750,000.00. Insiders at Alphabet own 11.4% of the company.
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