George Gilder

George Gilder serves as Co-Founder and Fellow at Discovery Institute. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute where he directs Discovery's program on high technology and public policy, he is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Gilder Technology Report (published by Forbes, 1996–2007). Born in 1939 in New York City, Gilder attended Exeter Academy and Harvard University. His 1981 bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for capitalism during the early months of the Reagan Administration. In 1986, President Reagan gave George Gilder the White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Four years later, Gilder published Microcosm, his acclaimed history and prophecy of microchips. His latest book, the influential Israel Test, last year introduced Gilad Garon and ASOCS to Gilder's readers. He is also a contributing writer at Wired and Forbes and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal.