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Mo Gawdat
Egyptian entrepreneur and author (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad "Mo" Gawdat (Arabic: محمد جودت) is an Egyptian software engineer, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and public speaker. He previously served as chief business officer for Google X and is the author of the books Solve for Happy[1][2] and Scary Smart.[3]
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Early life
Gawdat was born in Egypt, the son of a civil engineer and an English professor. He showed an early interest in technology.[4]
Career
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Gawdat studied civil engineering at Ain Shams University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1990. He went on to obtain an MBA from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.[5]
He began his career at IBM Egypt as a systems engineer, before moving to a sales role in the government sector.[6] Moving to the United Arab Emirates, he joined NCR Abu Dhabi to cover the non-finance sector.[6] At Microsoft, he held various roles over a span of seven-and-a-half years.[6]
He joined Google in 2007,[7] and eventually rose to the position of chief business officer at Google X.[8]
Gawdat is the author of Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy (2017). Dedicated to his son Ali, who died in 2014, the book outlines methods for managing and preventing disappointment.[9]
In 2021, Gawdat published Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World through Macmillan.[10]
In 2022, he published That Little Voice in Your Head: Adjust the Code That Runs Your Brain, also through Macmillan. The book presents suggestions for using the human brain optimally to thrive and avoid suffering.[11]
In 2024, Gawdat, along with co-author Alice Law, published Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living.[12]
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Personal life
Gawdat is separated from his wife, Nibal, whom he met at university. They have a daughter, Aya. Their son, Ali, died in 2014, after an appendectomy.[4][13]
Publications
- Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy (2017) ISBN 978-1501157585[14]
- Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World (2021) ISBN 978-1529077629
- That Little Voice in Your Head: Adjust the Code That Runs Your Brain (2022) ISBN 978-1529066142[15]
- Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living (2024) ISBN 978-1035022724
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