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Eric Weinstein

American mathematician and venture capital directorborn 1965

Wikidata names Raoul Bott as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and Wikipedia.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Raoul Bott

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataRaoul Bott
2 steps up
stated by WikidataRichard Duffin
3 steps up
stated by WikidataDavid G. Bourginstated by WikidataHarold Meade Mott-Smith
4 steps up
stated by WikidataEdwin C. Kemblestated by WikidataGeorge David Birkhoffstated by WikidataRobert Daniel Carmichael

Education and career5

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1982 to 1985
University of Pennsylvania
studied
1985 to 1992
Harvard University
studied
1991 to 1993
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
worked
1993 to 1998
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
worked
undated
Peter Thiel
worked

At a glance

known as: mathematician, economist, manager, consultant
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, 1992
member of: intellectual dark web
Wikipedia: in 15 languages

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Elsewhere3

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaEric Weinstein
stated by WikidataWikidataQ5387722

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project86697

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q5387722,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Eric Weinstein: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5387722},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

apa

Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Eric Weinstein: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5387722