Argumentative Essay: Who Is Nolan Bushnell?

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Who Is Nolan Bushnell?

When you may hear the name Nolan Bushnell you immediately think Pong and Atari, although this defiantly isn’t wrong, there are many other business that Nolan Bushnell is involved in on various different levels. The full list is:

- Syzygy
- Atari
- Chucky E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater
- Catalyst Technologies Venture Capital Group
- PlayNet/Aristo
- uWink
- Anti-Ageing games

Although he may be involved in many different companies, his most successful, by far is Atari. In 10 years the companies sales were over 2 Billion Dollars.
Nolan Bushnell is a scientist, entrepreneur, and technology pioneer. He is often referred to as the father of the video game industry. Alongside his companies he has a also developed technology

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