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Walker</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jay_Walker_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Jay_Walker_2015.jpg/220px-Jay_Walker_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Jay_Walker_2015.jpg/330px-Jay_Walker_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Jay_Walker_2015.jpg/440px-Jay_Walker_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1032" data-file-height="1311" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-11-05</span>) </span>November 5, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;69)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma&#160;mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> (BS)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Walker_Digital" title="Walker Digital">Walker Digital</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Eileen Walker (m. 1978)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walkerdigital.com">www.walkerdigital.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jay Scott Walker</b> (born November 5, 1955) is an American <a href="/wiki/Entrepreneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Entrepreneur">entrepreneur</a> and chairman of <a href="/wiki/Walker_Digital" title="Walker Digital">Walker Digital</a>, a privately held research and development lab focused on using digital networks to create new business systems. Walker is also curator of <a href="/wiki/TEDMED" title="TEDMED">TEDMED</a> since 2011, and a founder of Priceline.com (now known as <a href="/wiki/Booking_Holdings" title="Booking Holdings">Booking Holdings</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Synapse_Group,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Synapse Group, Inc.">Synapse Group, Inc.</a> In 2000, <i>Forbes</i> estimated his net worth at $1.6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By October 2000, his estimated worth was down to $333 million.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2013, he is not on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1999 <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> profile of Walker noted his reliance on patents as a business model.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When developing patents, Walker uses a methodology that streamlines the process of identifying problems and developing their solutions. By pulling apart and eliminating "false problems", the methodology identifies solutions, which – according to Walker – have sustainable components that can lead to a long-term sustainable business.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Walker owns 12 business method patents and 240 others pending.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-BLP_unsourced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_unsourced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">include</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">references or sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. 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He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1978. </p><p>While at Cornell, Walker was president of the Ivy League Monopoly Association, and co-authored the book <i>1000 Ways to Win <a href="/wiki/Monopoly_(game)" title="Monopoly (game)">Monopoly</a> Games,</i> with future Cornell president <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_S._Lehman" title="Jeffrey S. Lehman">Jeffrey S. Lehman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This drew the ire of <a href="/wiki/Parker_Brothers" title="Parker Brothers">Parker Brothers</a>, who threatened legal action and denied Walker admission to its sanctioned Monopoly tournaments. This in turn led Walker to join forces with <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Anspach" title="Ralph Anspach">Ralph Anspach</a>, the inventor of <a href="/wiki/Anti-Monopoly" title="Anti-Monopoly">Anti-Monopoly</a>, who was also engaged in a legal battle with Parker Brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Synapse">Synapse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Synapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992 Walker and Michael Loeb<sup id="cite_ref-loeb_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loeb-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> co-founded New Sub Services, today known as <a href="/wiki/Synapse_Group" title="Synapse Group">Synapse Group</a>, a company that used the <a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">credit card</a> network to process magazine subscriptions. By 1998 Synapse had sold 30 million magazine subscriptions, with sales approaching $300 million.<sup id="cite_ref-novelguide_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelguide-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For his work, Walker won the Direct Marketing Association’s "Direct Marketer of the Year" award in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-the-dma.org_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-the-dma.org-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2004, and again in 2005, Synapse was named one of the 25 "Best Places to Work in America"<sup id="cite_ref-aboutsynapse_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutsynapse-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> among medium-sized companies by the Great Place to Work Institute. As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> Synapse employs more than 250 people.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutsynapse_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutsynapse-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001 Time Warner purchased a controlling stake in Synapse for a sum in excess of $500 million, completing the transaction in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-loeb_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loeb-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Priceline">Priceline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Priceline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walker Digital launched <a href="/wiki/Priceline.com" title="Priceline.com">Priceline.com</a> in 1998, partially self-funding the startup company.<sup id="cite_ref-novelguide_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelguide-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Loeb also assisted with the early funding of Priceline.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Priceline sold an estimated 40,000 tickets in its first quarter of operation.<sup id="cite_ref-novelguide_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelguide-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1999, Priceline went public.<sup id="cite_ref-novelguide_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelguide-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Walker left Priceline in late 2000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The two patents that protected Priceline.com were said to be worth $18.5 billion at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnership_with_IGT">Partnership with IGT</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Partnership with IGT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 Walker Digital entered into a strategic partnership with <a href="/wiki/International_Game_Technology_(1975)" class="mw-redirect" title="International Game Technology (1975)">International Game Technology</a> (IGT), the world’s largest manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Casino_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Casino games">casino games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He worked with IGT to develop innovative concepts and technologies for dozens of networked <a href="/wiki/Slot_machines" class="mw-redirect" title="Slot machines">slot machines</a> and other gaming devices, initially under a comprehensive license agreement. </p><p>The first result of the partnership was <i>Guaranteed Play</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a new method for casino game players to purchase game play. Customers receive a fixed number of slot machine spins or <a href="/wiki/Blackjack" title="Blackjack">blackjack</a> hands, known as a "session" of play, at a discounted price, by paying in advance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perfect_Pay_Baccarat">Perfect Pay Baccarat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Perfect Pay Baccarat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009 Walker Digital subsidiary Walker Digital Gaming introduced the Perfect Pay <a href="/wiki/Baccarat_(card_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baccarat (card game)">Baccarat (card game)</a> table and Smart Table Network, supporting Elite Baccarat.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Industry business journals reported that Perfect Pay utilizes <a href="/wiki/RFID" class="mw-redirect" title="RFID">RFID</a> technology to track baccarat wagers, hand outcomes, payouts and player ratings in real time while eliminating losses from dealer mis-pays, counterfeit chips and other problems.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Perfect Pay and Elite Baccarat both won Gold Awards from Casino Journal at the 2009 Gaming Technology Summit.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He later founded Upside Travel.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ApiJect_Systems_Corporation">ApiJect Systems Corporation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: ApiJect Systems Corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jay Walker and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Koska" title="Marc Koska">Marc Koska</a> co-founded <a href="/wiki/ApiJect_Systems" title="ApiJect Systems">ApiJect Systems, Corp</a>., a medical technology company that creates single-use plastic injectors.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He serves as the company’s chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patent_lawsuits_and_disputes">Patent lawsuits and disputes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Patent lawsuits and disputes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Attorney_General" title="Connecticut Attorney General">Connecticut Attorney General</a> filed suit against Walker Digital. Faced with mounting financial losses, Jay Walker laid off 106 of his 125 employees, violating Federal employment law requiring 60 days notice when laying off more than 33% of the workforce. On September 4, 2002, Walker Digital settled for $275,000 to be split amongst the laid off employees.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 15, 2009 Walker Digital, LLC filed its first <a href="/wiki/Patent_infringement" title="Patent infringement">patent infringement</a> action. The suit against <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dell,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Dell, Inc.">Dell, Inc.</a>, was decided on January 3, 2011, as non-infringed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2010 Walker Digital LLC sued <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> for <a href="/wiki/Friending" class="mw-redirect" title="Friending">friending</a>, or "Method and system for establishing and maintaining user-controlled anonymous communications".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 11, 2011, Walker Digital filed 15 lawsuits against more than 100 defendants including <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> and Microsoft for unauthorized use of its intellectual properties.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a 2016 <i><a href="/wiki/PBS_Newshour" class="mw-redirect" title="PBS Newshour">PBS Newshour</a></i> profile, "Walker is named on more than 500 issued and pending patents in the U.S. and internationally. But his enforcement of that intellectual property has led some to label him a '<a href="/wiki/Patent_troll" title="Patent troll">patent troll</a>'." Walker has disputed this characterization, saying he treats litigation as a last resort.<sup id="cite_ref-newshour_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newshour-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One of 164 "directors" of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Council" title="Atlantic Council">Atlantic Council</a>, a Washington DC–based <a href="/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank">think tank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Walker has spoken at events of World Information Transfer, Inc., a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, on health and environmental issues.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Walker is a Patron of <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a>, a small non-profit organisation dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading". He is a frequent speaker and contributor to its conferences, having delivered talks on such topics as human imagination<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and "English language mania",<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> among others. </p><p>In April 2011, Walker Purchased <a href="/wiki/TEDMED" title="TEDMED">TEDMED</a> from <a href="/wiki/Marc_Hodosh" title="Marc Hodosh">Marc Hodosh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Walker has partnered with the <a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Davos,_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Davos, Switzerland">Davos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, to develop enhanced communications systems between business and governments.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>He has testified<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress_Joint_Economic_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee">U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee</a> on economic policy and on how to reform the patent system. He is available as a speaker for business groups, non-profit organisations and the academic community.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Walker funded the development of two public policy documentary films about the <a href="/wiki/Space_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Space race">space race</a> and the role of science in American life. The first film focused on the impact of <a href="/wiki/Sputnik" class="mw-redirect" title="Sputnik">Sputnik</a> on <a href="/wiki/America%E2%80%99s_education_system" class="mw-redirect" title="America’s education system">America’s education system</a>. The second film, "Sputnik Mania",<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> explored broader U.S. cultural reactions to Sputnik. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Walker_Library_of_the_History_of_Human_Imagination">The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_the_History_of_Human_Imagination" title="The Library of the History of Human Imagination">The Library of the History of Human Imagination</a></div> <p>Walker owns what he calls "The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination."<sup id="cite_ref-wlibrary_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wlibrary-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Located in his <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_Connecticut" title="Ridgefield, Connecticut">Ridgefield, Connecticut</a> home, the 3,600 sq. ft. private facility contains more than 50,000 volumes. The architecture is a multi-level, maze-like setting, inspired in part by the paradoxical spaces depicted by artist <a href="/wiki/M._C._Escher" title="M. C. Escher">M. C. Escher</a>. </p><p>The library is the subject of a short documentary film<sup id="cite_ref-wlibrary_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wlibrary-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> by David Hoffman, and was profiled as "the most amazing library in the world" by <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is not open to the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999 <a href="/wiki/The_Industry_Standard" title="The Industry Standard">the Industry Standard</a> named him the year's "Most Influential New Business Strategist".<sup id="cite_ref-novelguide_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelguide-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 the Entrepreneurship Program at his <i>alma mater</i> honored Walker as the "Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walker married Eileen McManus on April 18, 1982. They have two children. Eileen Walker is a trustee for <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/Harvey_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey School">Harvey School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and a former personnel executive at <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_S._Walker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020131004637/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/54/2000/LIR.jhtml?passListId%3D54%26passYear%3D2000%26uniqueId%3DAJXH%26passListType%3DPerson%26datatype%3DPerson">"Forbes lists"</a>. <i>Forbes</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=PBS+NewsHour&amp;rft.atitle=Inventor+behind+Priceline+bemoans+broken+patent+system&amp;rft.date=2016-05-26&amp;rft.aulast=Lane&amp;rft.aufirst=Sam&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Feconomy%2Finventor-behind-priceline-bemoans-broken-patent-system&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/board-of-directors">"Atlantic Council Board of Directors"</a>. 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Atlantic+Council+Board+of+Directors&amp;rft.date=2013&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlanticcouncil.org%2Fabout%2Fboard-of-directors&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker2010" class="citation journal cs1">Walker, Jay (Summer–Fall 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/wer/english/2010_Summer_Fall_vol_XXII_No_2_3.pdf">"The Climate We Deserve"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>World Ecology Report</i>. <b>XXII</b> (2/3). World Information Transfer: 24–28.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=World+Ecology+Report&amp;rft.atitle=The+Climate+We+Deserve&amp;rft.chron=summer%E2%80%93fall&amp;rft.volume=XXII&amp;rft.issue=2%2F3&amp;rft.pages=24-28&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.aulast=Walker&amp;rft.aufirst=Jay&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldinfo.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fdocs%2Fwer%2Fenglish%2F2010_Summer_Fall_vol_XXII_No_2_3.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title="&#160;Dead link tagged November 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">&#8205;</span>&#93;</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldinfo.org/">World Information Transfer, Inc.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker2008" class="citation web cs1">Walker, Jay (February 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jay_walker_s_library_of_human_imagination.html">"Jay Walker's Library of Human Imagination"</a>. TED Conference 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Jay+Walker%27s+Library+of+Human+Imagination&amp;rft.pub=TED+Conference+2008&amp;rft.date=2008-02&amp;rft.aulast=Walker&amp;rft.aufirst=Jay&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ted.com%2Findex.php%2Ftalks%2Fjay_walker_s_library_of_human_imagination.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker2009" class="citation web cs1">Walker, Jay (2009-05-29). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TUpNZqjM8">"Jay Walker on the World's English Mania"</a>. <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Z5TUpNZqjM8">Archived</a> from the original on 2021-12-21.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Jay+Walker+on+the+World%27s+English+Mania&amp;rft.pub=YouTube&amp;rft.date=2009-05-29&amp;rft.aulast=Walker&amp;rft.aufirst=Jay&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZ5TUpNZqjM8&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGene_Ostrovsky2011" class="citation web cs1">Gene Ostrovsky (April 14, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182917/https://www.medgadget.com/2011/04/tedmed_sold_to_jay_walker_richard_saul_wurman_says_adios.html">"TEDMED Sold to Jay Walker, Richard Saul Wurman Says Adios"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Medgadget" title="Medgadget">Medgadget</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medgadget.com/2011/04/tedmed_sold_to_jay_walker_richard_saul_wurman_says_adios.html">the original</a> on May 8, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 16,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=TEDMED+Sold+to+Jay+Walker%2C+Richard+Saul+Wurman+Says+Adios&amp;rft.pub=Medgadget&amp;rft.date=2011-04-14&amp;rft.au=Gene+Ostrovsky&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medgadget.com%2F2011%2F04%2Ftedmed_sold_to_jay_walker_richard_saul_wurman_says_adios.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBetts2000" class="citation news cs1">Betts, Mitch (2000-06-12). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120722225036/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/45737/High_Tech_Chiefs_Lobby_Key_Issues_at_Capitol_Hill_Hearing?taxonomyName=Management&amp;taxonomyId=14">"Hi-Tech Chiefs Lobby Key Issues at Capitol Hill Hearing"</a>. <i>Computer World</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/45737/High_Tech_Chiefs_Lobby_Key_Issues_at_Capitol_Hill_Hearing?taxonomyName=Management&amp;taxonomyId=14">the original</a> on 2012-07-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Computer+World&amp;rft.atitle=Hi-Tech+Chiefs+Lobby+Key+Issues+at+Capitol+Hill+Hearing&amp;rft.date=2000-06-12&amp;rft.aulast=Betts&amp;rft.aufirst=Mitch&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.com%2Fs%2Farticle%2Fprint%2F45737%2FHigh_Tech_Chiefs_Lobby_Key_Issues_at_Capitol_Hill_Hearing%3FtaxonomyName%3DManagement%26taxonomyId%3D14&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/Jay-Walker.cfm?Spea_ID=278">"Speaker booking page - Jay Walker"</a>. Harry Walker Agency. 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Speaker+booking+page+-+Jay+Walker&amp;rft.pub=Harry+Walker+Agency&amp;rft.date=2013&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrywalker.com%2Fspeaker%2FJay-Walker.cfm%3FSpea_ID%3D278&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoffman2008" class="citation web cs1">Hoffman, David (April 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania.html">"David Hoffman shares his Sputnik mania"</a>. TED Conference 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=David+Hoffman+shares+his+Sputnik+mania&amp;rft.pub=TED+Conference+2007&amp;rft.date=2008-04&amp;rft.aulast=Hoffman&amp;rft.aufirst=David&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ted.com%2Ftalks%2Flang%2Feng%2Fdavid_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wlibrary-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wlibrary_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wlibrary_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walkerdigital.com/the-walker-library_video-tour.html">The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all">"Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library"</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHovis2009" class="citation news cs1">Hovis, Kathy (2009-01-26). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/CEYWalker.html">"Jay Walker Named 2009 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cornell_Chronicle" title="Cornell Chronicle">Cornell Chronicle</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Cornell+Chronicle&amp;rft.atitle=Jay+Walker+Named+2009+Cornell+Entrepreneur+of+the+Year&amp;rft.date=2009-01-26&amp;rft.aulast=Hovis&amp;rft.aufirst=Kathy&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.cornell.edu%2Fstories%2FJan09%2FCEYWalker.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJay+S.+Walker" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.harveyschool.org/about-harvey/board-of-trustees">"Board of Trustees"</a>. <i>The Harvey School</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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