Hank Risan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hank Risan
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1955(1955-02-13)
Age	69
Birthplace	Burbank
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Hank Risan Biography

Hank Risan is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on February 13, 1955 in Burbank, California, United States. Risan has an 1835 Martin 21/2-17 guitar, which was used to accompany Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens). Risan performed an arrangement of Stephen Foster’s “Old Susannah” on the Twain guitar during a 1999 appearance on National Public Radio (NPR’s) “All Things Considered” show.

Risan was a mathematician who studied for two years at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He also earned bachelor’s degrees with Honors from UCSC in biology and mathematics. His undergraduate thesis was in neurobiology and focused on the network topology of human brains. Risan also attended Ph.D. programs in mathematics and neurobiology at UCSC and University of California, Berkeley. Robion Kirby was also his co-inventor of the Kirby- Siebenmann class in topological manifold theoretical. Risan finished his Ph.D. at University of Cambridge in England. He also attended graduate-level courses in business at London School of Economics.

In 1999 Risan funded a team of 16 software engineers to develop technology that would protect record companies, Hollywood studios, and other digital content owners against piracy and ensure accurate monetization of their content. In 2001 Risan began filing domestic and foreign digital media and security patent applications, more than 20 of which have been allowed to date.

In 2001 Risan and his business partner, Bianca Soros, founded Media Rights Technologies, Inc. (MRT) (originally called “Music Public Broadcasting”) to develop intellectual property and technologies that would enable secure transmission, protection and monetization of digital content within a computer network.

Hank Risan, born February 13, 1955, is an American scientist and business executive. He also created security patents and digital media rights.

Hank Risan Net Worth

Hank Risan is one of the richest Inventor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hank Risan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Risan also has an authenticated Maltese Falcon prop that was used in the 1941 Warner Bros. production directed and starring Humphrey Bogart.

Risan was born on August 25, 1955 in Burbank, California. Risan began learning the piano when he was five years old and the guitar when he was thirteen years old. Risan began studying the piano at age 5 and the guitar at age 13. He was an apprentice to Jonathan Carmi Simon, a fretted instrument maker at Los Angeles’ Dulcimer Works. At age 17, Risan started selling and buying vintage guitars manufactured by C. F. Martin & Company.

The Hank Risan Collection includes more than 750 examples of fine 19th and 20th century acoustic instruments.

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Hank Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hank Risan celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.