Philip Gale

Quick Facts

Full Name	Philip Gale
Occupation	Software Developer
Date Of Birth	Nov 15, 1978(1978-11-15)
Age	46
Date Of Death	March 13, 1998, Cambridge, MA
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Philip Gale Biography

Philip Gale is one of the most popular and richest Software Developer who was born on November 15, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Philip Gale (November 15, 1978 – March 13, 1998) was an American pioneering Internet software developer, computer prodigy, and sophomore student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was notable for having written Total Access while at MIT, and was hired by EarthLink at the age of 16 to work on its development. In 2008, the company had more than one million users. By the age of 17, Gale had earned roughly a million dollars’ worth of stock options at EarthLink for his innovative ISP programs.

Gale was admitted to MIT at the age of 15 in 1993. He initially pursued studies in physics and engineering. In addition to his ability in programming, he was an accomplished musician. At MIT, he joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity as a freshman in late 1994.

Philip Gale Net Worth

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

Philip Chandler Gale (born 1978, Los Angeles, California) and his younger sister Elizabeth were the children of Marie and David Gale. His parents and much of his immediate family were deeply committed to the Church of Scientology. His mother Marie had been in the church from the age of 12, and her parents and grandparents were also believers. Philip’s father was a software engineer, and in 1981 had founded RealWorld, a supplier of accounting software. His parents met through the church in Los Angeles, where Marie was on staff and David was a fanatic. They were married the year Philip was born, until David’s sudden death from a heart attack in 1995.

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Also in the fall of 1997, Gale had moved out of the fraternity house and room which he had shared with his friend Eric Hu, and into an apartment in Central Square with two other students. Hu later said that Gale had mentioned suicide in the weeks before his death, complaining about being bored and depressed, and feeling that his state would not change. Gale had a relationship for months with Christine Hrul, a student at Wellesley College, but he had abruptly broken off their relationship in February 1998. About that time, he wrote an email to an old friend saying he was depressed and thought about suicide. Friends said he had mostly stopped going to class and wasn’t eating well.

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Proper Ranked on the list of most popular Software Developer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Philip Gale celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.

Shortly after Gale’s death, speculation on campus, in the media, and on the Internet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology arose. Questions arose about the role his Scientology background may have played in his suicide, particularly because he died on the day that adherents celebrate founder L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday. Gale had been in contact with a reporter for the Boston Herald and had been interviewed as part of a scathing 5-part series titled “Scientology Unmasked”, published March 1 through 5, 1998, just days before his suicide by Joseph Mallia. Though Gale was not named in the special report he had been interviewed for, Mallia also wrote an article about his death shortly thereafter.