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Luis Von Ahn: Family, Wife, Children, Dating, Net Worth, Nationality and More

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Louis Von Ahn, a consulting professor in the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, is a Guatemalan entrepreneur known as one of the best pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is also the creator of the company reCAPTCHA – a human verification system provider and the co-founder and CEO of DUOLINGO- the world’s most popular language-learning platform.

Career Highlights

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He started with CRYPTOGRAPHY as his field of early work. Accompanying Nicholas J. Hopper and John Langford, the first to provide rigorous definitions of STEGANOHRAPHY was Luis himself. With Manuel Blum, he did early pioneering work on CAPTCHAS in 2000. Now working on CAPTCHAS gained Luis tremendous esteem and distinction because its coverage was vast as it got covered by the New York Times and USA Today.

Family and Personal Life

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In 2011 he married Laura Dabbish, US. He has two daughters.No further information is present regarding his wife or the names of his daughters. We have no further information about his personal. Thus we all expect him to have a very good life with his family.

Family Information
Wife's/Spouse's NameLaura Dabbish US
Children/KidsYes ()
Boyfriend/Girlfriend (Dating)N/A
Civil StatusMarried

Net Worth, Nationality and Other Facts

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Full/Real NameLuis Von Ahn
Gender (Biological)Male
Age (as of today)52 years
Date of BirthAugust 19, 1971
Place of BirthGuatemala City, Guatemala
NationalityAmerican
Height1.83 m, 6 feet
Weight79 kg, 174 lbs
Net Worth / Wealth$700 million
OccupationEntrepreneur

Height, Weight, and Age

Luis Von Ahn's height is quite tall measuring 1.83 m. Boasting a weight of 79 kg. Being born on August 19, 1971, translates to an age of 52 years as of todays date (February 28, 2024).

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When I found out that I had won the MacArthur Fellowship, I had been a professor at Carnegie Mellon for a week. I probably shouldn’t be saying this on TV, but I stopped worrying about tenure.

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I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer.

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Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it’s not clear that they can teach it. It’s a very intuitive process. It’s an art.

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People are good at figuring out what’s attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang!

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Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

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