Michael Jordan(1963)

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time, he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Major Awards
1,188
Publications
178,943
Citations
163
h-index
642
i10-index
150.6
Avg Citations/Paper

Career History

Senior Researcher

Inria

Paris, FR

2024 — Present

Professor

University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, US

1998 — Present

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, US

1988 — 1998

Education

University of California, San Diego

PhD

1985

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(Bachelor of Arts)
Emsley A. Laney High School

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