Joshua Waitzkin. Early life[edit] Waitzkin was born in New York City and has a Jewish background.
He began playing the game at the age of six, having discovered it while wandering through Washington Square Park in New York City. It was there, while playing blitz chess with the hustlers, that he was "discovered" by Bruce Pandolfini, a chess author and teacher, who later took Waitzkin under his wing for a number of years. During his years as a student at The Dalton School in New York City he led the school to win seven national team championships between the third and ninth grades in addition to his eight individual titles. Waitzkin has not played in a US Chess Federation tournament since 1999[2] and his last FIDE tournament was before 2000.[3] Movie portrayal[edit] Nevertheless, Waitzkin remains a well-known and popular chess figure, largely owing to Paramount Pictures' 1993 movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, directed by Steven Zaillian and produced by William Horberg.
JW Foundation[edit] Timothy Ferriss. Timothy Ferriss (born July 20, 1977) is an American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and public speaker.[1][2][3] In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, which was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, a No. 1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, and a USA Today bestseller.[4][5][6][7] The 4-Hour Workweek has made the Best Seller List for 7 consecutive years from 2007 to 2013.[8][9] In 2010, he followed up with The 4-Hour Body, which was another No. 1 New York Times bestseller.[10] Ferriss's third book, The 4-Hour Chef, was released in November 2012 and was a No. 1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.[11][12] Early life[edit] Career[edit] BrainQUICKEN[edit] In 2001, Ferriss founded BrainQUICKEN, an online nutritional supplements company.
Angel investing and television[edit] Author[edit] The 4-Hour Workweek[edit] Blog[edit] The 4-Hour Body[edit] Alan Watts. Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases. Holmes, who first appeared in print in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character's popularity grew with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional short-story series and two novels (published in serial form) appeared from then to 1927. The events in the stories take place from about 1880 to 1914. Inspiration for the character.