Steve Kirsch
Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Steven Todd Kirsch
Born: December 24, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, USA
Computer-related contributions
- American computer scientist, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist.
- Known for inventing the optical mouse.
- Founder of numerous companies including Mouse Systems, Frame Technology Corp., Infoseek, Propel, Abaca, OneID, and CoinTrust.
Honors and awards
- National Caring Award from the Caring Institute (2003).
Quotes
"I'd be very happy if we just got $100 billion." (On his filing of a $2.2 trillion lawsuit against fax.com for sending unsolicited fax advertisements.)