New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Paul Graham is a well-known English American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur and investor, who co-founded startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator. According to the company profile page, he is now retired.

A resident of England since 2016, when he moved back after moving as a child to the United States, Paul Graham began writing computer code in high school.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in philosophy from Cornell University (1986). He also holds a Master of Science (1988) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1990) in computer science from Harvard University.

Besides this, Paul Graham also studied fine arts and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Accademia di...