Scott Adams

Scott Adams
Scott Adams, June 2007
Born	Scott Raymond Adams (1957-06-08) June 8, 1957 (age 59) Windham, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist, writer
Notable works	Dilbert

Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation.

His Dilbert series came to national prominence through the downsizing period in 1990s America and was then distributed worldwide. Adams worked in various roles at big businesses before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. He writes in a satirical, often sarcastic, way about the social and mental landscape of white-collar workers in modern business corporations.

In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Adams drew attention for his early prediction that Donald Trump would defeat all Republican primary challengers and win the general election in a "landslide".

Scott Raymond Adams was born in 1957 in Windham, New York, the son of Virginia (née Vining) and Paul Adams. Adams is of half German descent. He also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch and "a small amount" of Native American ancestry.

He grew up a big fan of the Peanuts comics, and started drawing his own comics at the age of six. He also became a fan of Mad magazine, and began spending long hours practicing his drawing talent, winning a competition at the age of eleven.

In 1968, he was rejected for an arts school and decided to focus on a career in law. Adams graduated valedictorian at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School in 1975, with a class size of 39. He remained in the area and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hartwick College in 1979. In his senior year, a vehicle breakdown almost forced him to spend a night in the snow, causing him to vow never to see a snowflake again. He took a one-way trip to California a few months after his graduation.