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Cosmic background pays off for Microsoft's research chief

Jun 1, 1997

Computing is a popular career for many physicists who decide that research is too competitive or too poorly paid. Most of them make a good living from computing and some are very successful. But few, if any, have done as well as Nathan Myhrvold. At 37 he is the chief technology officer of Microsoft Corporation, a member of the company's executive committee, and in charge of a research budget that is set to triple over the next two to three years.

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