> Nathan Paul Myhrvold (born August 3, 1959), formerly Chief Technology Officer at [[Microsoft]], is co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and the principal author of Modernist Cuisine and its successor books. Myhrvold was listed as co-inventor on 17 U.S. patents at [[Microsoft]] and is co-inventor on over 900 other U.S. patents issued to his corporation and its affiliates. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20Myhrvold)