When I joined Google, they asked me what title I wanted. I said, 'What about archduke?' They said, 'Well, that didn't meet our nomenclature. Why don't you be our Chief Internet Evangelist?' This was in 2005.
AliasesVinton Gray Cerf; Vinton Cerf; Vinton G. Cerf
BornJune 23, 1943
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionComputer Scientist; Engineer
AwardsTuring Award; National Medal Of Technology And Innovation; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Japan Prize; Queen Elizabeth Prize For Engineering; Princess Of Asturias Award - Technical And Scientific Research; Charles Stark Draper Prize; Harold Pender Award; IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal; EFF Pioneer Award