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Palmer Luckey

パーマー・ラッキー　/　ぱーまー・らっきー

American inventor

September 19, 1992 (age 33)　・　Long Beach, California, United States

California
inventor
entrepreneur
journalist

My Take

Palmer Luckey fascinates me because he refuses to follow the standard Silicon Valley script. Most founders who sell a company for billions settle into venture capital or vanity projects; Luckey took his winnings from Oculus and walked straight into defense technology, a field most of his peers treat as untouchable. Whether or not you agree with his politics or his bets, that willingness to absorb controversy in pursuit of a conviction is rare. I see him less as a businessman than as a tinkerer who never stopped building, and the fact that he revived virtual reality from a garage as a teenager still strikes me as one of the great hardware stories of this century.

Overview

Palmer Freeman Luckey (born September 19, 1992) is an American entrepreneur and defense technology executive. He is a co-founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries. He was the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that is widely credited with reviving the virtual reality industry.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Palmer Luckey
Name (Japanese): パーマー・ラッキー
Reading: ぱーまー・らっきー
Born: September 19, 1992 (age 33)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Origin: Long Beach, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: inventor / entrepreneur / journalist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: California State University, Long Beach

Awards & achievements

Progress Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/palmerluckey
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer%20Luckey

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