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Brendan Iribe

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Brendan Iribe
Iribe holding an Oculus Rift in 2015
Born (1979-08-12) August 12, 1979 (age 45)
Maryland, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park (dropped out)
OccupationInvestor
Known forCEO of Oculus VR (former)
Websitebrendaniribe.com

Brendan Trexler Iribe (/ˈiːriːb/; born August 12, 1979) is an American game programmer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Oculus VR, Inc. and Scaleform. He is the managing partner at BIG Ventures, an early-stage venture fund.

Early life and education

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Iribe was born and grew up in Maryland. He graduated from Atholton High School in Howard County, Maryland and then attended the University of Maryland, College Park,[1] majoring in Computer Science which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences in College Park for two semesters before dropping out to work as a freelance programmer.[2][3][4]

Career

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He started his career as a game programmer and worked on the user interface of Civilization IV.[1] He was cofounder/CEO of Scaleform, a user interface technology provider for PC games.[1][5] After Scaleform was sold to Autodesk, he worked as product team lead at Gaikai.[6] In August 2012, he departed Gaikai and became the new CEO of Oculus VR after their Kickstarter campaign for the Oculus Rift VR Headset raised $2.4 million.[7] In December 2016, he stepped down from the role of CEO and decided to lead its newly created PC VR group.[8] In October 2018, Brendan announced in a Facebook post he would be departing Oculus and its parent company Facebook, with no mention of future plans.[9] In December 2018, he invested in Sketchfab, an online platform for 3D and VR content.[10]

Philanthropy

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In 2014 Iribe announced a $31 million dollar donation to his alma mater, University of Maryland, College Park.[11] $30 million was for the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, a new building which includes labs for virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, and artificial intelligence.[12] The remaining $1 million was donated to establish a scholarship fund. Iribe's mother, Elizabeth Iribe, also gave $3 million to set up two endowed chairs in the school's computer science department - the Elizabeth Stevinson Iribe Chair and the Paul Chrisman Iribe Chair (named after her brother).[13]

Racing record

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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Since departing Oculus in 2018, Iribe has focused his time on racing exotic cars manufactured by companies like McLaren and Ferrari.[14][15]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2021 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport GTD McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL WGL LIM
 ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
12 		63rd 209
2022 Inception Racing GTD McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 DAY
5 		SEB
5 		LBH
9 		LGA
13 		MDO
11 		DET WGL
2 		MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 PET
2 		12th 1644
2023 Inception Racing GTD McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
3 		SEB
4 		LBH
6 		MON
5 		WGL
15 		MOS
2 		LIM
13 		ELK
2 		VIR
7 		IMS
16 		PET
19 		6th 2853
2024 Inception Racing GTD McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
13 		SEB
7 		LBH
17 		LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 10th* 626*
Source:[16]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 United Kingdom Inception Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 		327 41st 12th
2022 Germany Team Project 1 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am 		241 DNF DNF
2024 United Kingdom Inception Racing United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo LMGT3 275 40th 13th
Source:[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Anderson, Nick (September 11, 2014). "College dropout donates $31 million to University of Maryland after technology company sells for $2 billion". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Constine, Josh (September 11, 2014). "Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Donates $31M To Build VR Lab At His Alma Mater University Of Maryland". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Bowie, Liz (September 11, 2014). "Howard County native gives $31 million to UM for computer science center". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Kessler, Sarah (September 22, 2014). "Why Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Just Gave $31 Million To A New Computer Science Center". Fast Company. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Beilison, Jerry (May 28, 2014). "Palmer Luckey and the Virtual Reality Resurrection". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  6. ^ Michaels, Andrew (November 28, 2017). "Students at Howard County's Application and Research Lab test new virtual reality gear". Howard County Times. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Gaikai executive jumps ship for Oculus Rift". August 15, 2012.
  8. ^ Cohen, David (December 13, 2016). "Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe Steps Down; Will Lead PC VR Group". AdWeek. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "So much has happened since the day we founded Oculus in July 2012". Facebook. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  10. ^ denoyel, alban (December 17, 2018). "Happy to share @brendaniribe (co-founder and former CEO of @oculus) recently joined the @Sketchfab journey as an investor. Great to have you on board, Brendan!". @albn. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "College Receives $38M for New Computer Science Building, Scholarships, Endowed Professorships". College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. September 12, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Donates $31M To Build VR Lab At His Alma Mater University Of Maryland". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "UMD Receives $2.1M from the State of Maryland to Create Two Endowed Chairs". College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  14. ^ "Driver: Brendan Iribe | Driver Database".
  15. ^ https://www.imsa.com/news/2023/08/15/a-breakthrough-win-for-mclaren-seems-closer-than-ever-with-inception-racing/ [bare URL]
  16. ^ a b "Brendan Iribe Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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