Mo Gawdat
Gawdat in 2022
Born (1967-06-20) 20 June 1967
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materMaastricht School of Management
Occupation(s)Author, entrepreneur
Websitemogawdat.com

Mohammad "Mo" Gawdat (Arabic: محمد جودت) is an Egyptian entrepreneur and writer. 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]

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

Gawdat's background is in engineering, paired with an MBA degree 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]

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][11]

References

  1. ↑ Blair, Olivia. "One man's mathematical formula for happiness", The Independent, 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Tucker, Ian (30 April 2017). "Google's Mo Gawdat: 'Happiness is like keeping fit. You have to work out'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Book Review". eandt.theiet.org. 4 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 Rifkind, Hugo (29 September 2021). "Can this man save the world from artificial intelligence?". The Times.
  5. ↑ Spiegelberger, Sophie (10 August 2021). "DIE KONSTRUKTION VON GLÜCK". Forbes.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mo Gawdat". speakersacademy.com.
  7. ↑ "Meet Mo Gawdat, the AI expert who wants you to chill out". British GQ (Conde Nast). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Emergency Episode: Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out on the Dangers of AI! – Mo Gawdat | E252, retrieved 1 October 2023
  9. ↑ Joung, Frank (19 December 2017). "Formel für Zufriedenheit "Glück ist, wenn das Gehirn die Klappe hält"". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Scary Smart". panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Clifford, Catherine (24 August 2018). "This former Google X exec reverse engineered happiness — here's what he found". NBC News.
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