The Good, the Bad and the Ugly… Palmer Luckey

A little good news as we head into the holiday season, and a break from all the QMS stuff, continuing with my GBU human interest stories that highlight folks that have made both exceptionally fortuitous decisions, as well as those that will never be inducted into the Good Decision Hall of Fame. I hope you enjoy them.

The Good: Palmer Luckey created Oculus VR, acquired by Facebook for $2 billion

A few years ago, Palmer Luckey became the latest college dropout to strike it rich. He created a virtual reality headset called the Oculus Rift, which was a Kickstarter sensation, raising $2.5 million from the crowdfunding site in 2012.

His device then went on to attract big names in the gaming industry, grew into a 50-person company and raised another $91 million in venture funds, including backing from Andreessen Horowitz. (Marc Andreessen is also on the board of Facebook.)

Luckey was a self described “electronics enthusiast and maker” since high school, but he never formally studied tech. He was home schooled as a child,  started taking college classes as a teen, and eventually enrolled in California State University Long Beach to pursue a degree in journalism, before dropping out to found Oculus.

 

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