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Dean Kamen
American businessman
Dean Lawrence Kamen (; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman.
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He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT,[2] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers.[3][4] Kamen holds over 1,000 patents.[5]
Early life and family
Kamen was born on Long Island, New York, to a Jewish family.[6] His father was Jack Kamen, an illustrator for Mad, Weird Science and other EC Comics publications.
During his teenage years, Kamen was already being paid for his ideas; local bands and museums paid him to build light and sound systems. His annual earnings reached $60,000 before his high school graduation.[2]
He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but in 1976[7] quit before graduating, after five years of private advanced research for the insulin pump AutoSyringe.[8][9]