David Gobel is an American

United States

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 author

Author

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, CEO, entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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, inventor, and futurist.

Career

David Gobel is Chief Executive Officer of the Methuselah Foundation. Working with Dr. Aubrey de Grey, he founded the original non-profit in 2000 which became the Methuselah Foundation

Methuselah Foundation

The Methuselah Foundation studies methods of extending lifespan. It is a non-profit 501 volunteer organization, co-founded by Aubrey de Grey and David Gobel, which is based in Springfield, Virginia, United States...

, in an effort to reverse or preempt the damage of aging. Gobel legally established the charity

Charitable organization

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 and seed funded the Methuselah Mouse Prize. Currently, there are eight world-class teams competing for the Methuselah Mouse Prize.

Gobel and Dr. Aubrey de Grey established research

Research

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 programs focused on advanced human bioremedial biology at Rice University and Arizona State University bioremediation

Bioremediation

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 labs. This is the world's first use of environmental remediation techniques to be directed at reversing "pollution" in human cells

Cell (biology)

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. They also established Mitochondrial Research initiative at Cambridge University UK aimed at improving the error correction and repair capabilities of these fundamental energy producing organelles in humans. Additionally, Gobel co-founded the Super Centenarian Research Foundation which is focused on the scientific study of the 65 individuals in the world known to be 110 years or older, and the Institute for Biomedical Gerontology

Gerontology

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Gobel conceived many breakthrough technologies and went on to found or co-found private and venture capital

Venture capital

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 backed companies and non-profits built for the purpose of delivering those same technologies. Examples are Knowledge Adventure

Knowledge Adventure

Knowledge Adventure, Inc. is a maker of educational software including the Adiboo and JumpStart series of grade-based and subject-based titles, such as My First Encyclopedia. It was established in the late 1980s in Los Angeles, then later merged with another large education software firm, Davidson...

, one of the earliest and most successful educational multimedia software developers to date; Worlds Inc., the inventor of shared virtual worlds over the Internet

Internet

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; Starbright Foundation's Starbright World, which was designed to allow hospital bound children to "go out and play" in a rich virtual world where they can communicate with friends and family.

Gobel produced and directed eight successful multimedia

Multimedia

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 titles including: 3D Body Adventure, Buzz Aldrin's Space Adventure, Science Adventure, America Adventure, Bug Adventure and "The Discoverers" by Daniel J. Boorstin. He also lent his voice in some of the KA games.

Publications

• Using Quattro: Authored 648 pages, including advanced topics such as macro and script development
• Using Lotus Magellan: 278 pages
• Using Lotus Hal: 363 pages
• Using OS/2: 702 pages
• Using Lotus 123: Chief Technical Editor, 866 pages

Awards

• Inc Magazine Fastest Growing Company award winner
• PC Magazine
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  Technical Excellence Award winner (Lotus Magellan)