= Marc Verdiell
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{title2=Jean-Marc Verdiell}
<Marc Verdiell> is a <human> <electrical engineer> best known for being the creator and host of the <CuriousMarc> YouTube channel.
Marc made \$58.4m from the sale of <LightLogic>, an <optoelectronics> company he founded, to <Intel> in 2001:
* https://www.courthousenews.com/inventor-barred-from-proceeds-of-intel-buyout/[]. His full name is actualy Jean-Marc Verdiell. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20160274316 also suggests he may have a seldom used middle name "André", though that would be unusual in <French> custom
* https://mergr.com/intel-acquires-lightlogic
\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20230423183349if_/https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3D9u7fe3v94I-Y8jbrCCTdVHJIOIwum1xFWoxeFcJvA1KfX9YwvHzaXINyrNKJGQ_I5tBMsFnpw2kKX6kAPqd_r2yYB7a85QriBq5-hkf1mN2SYh%3Dw1280]
{title=<Marc Verdiell> at the <Computer History Museum>}
{description=Location inferred from Marc's videos', but likely, he often frequents the place, and it looks a bit like that.}
{source=https://www.curiousmarc.com/about}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2-kkhghD4]
{title=Profile of <Marc Verdiell> by Gizmodo (2018)}
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https://youtu.be/tJ2-kkhghD4?t=74 gives his house's location <#Atherton, California>, part of <Silicon Valley>. https://youtu.be/tJ2-kkhghD4?t=279 shows his amazing garden a bit more.
A quick look on <Google Maps> show that that area is full of some incredible mansions. They managed to keep the entire place green, every house has a pool. Wikipedia comments https://web.archive.org/web/20220906010554/https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/features/most-expensive-zip-codes-us/[]:
> Atherton is known for its wealth; in 1990 and 2019, Atherton was ranked as having the highest per capita income among U.S. towns with a population between 2,500 and 9,999, and it is regularly ranked as the most expensive ZIP Code in the United States \[(94027)\]. The town has very restricting zoning, only permitting one single-family home per acre and no sidewalks. The inhabitants have strongly opposed proposals to permit more housing construction
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and Forbes confirms it for 2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20220906010554/https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/features/most-expensive-zip-codes-us/[], by far on top.
https://youtu.be/ZgAreiFXhJk?t=253 lists some famous people who live there. It's like a micro heaven.
And a person who makes <open educational content> like Marc, truly deserves it.
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\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=580&v=HKsjwT53yXw]
{title=Soyuz Clock Part 4: How accurate is it? by <CuriousMarc> (2020)}
{description=The timestamp https://youtu.be/HKsjwT53yXw?t=580 mentions that his wife is called "Laurie", and that she escaped the <Soviet Union>, and two of her brothers went to jail in the escape process.}
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