Walter O'Brien
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Walter O'Brien speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International on the Scorpion panel
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24 February 1975 County Wexford, Ireland |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Irish |
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| Occupation | CEO of Scorpion Computer Services |
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| Television | Scorpion |
Walter O'Brien (born 24 February 1975) is an Irish businessman, information technologist, executive producer, and media personality. He is also the inspiration for and an executive producer of the CBS television series, Scorpion.He is known for his self-reported various claims, including having the fourth-highest IQ in the world. The authenticity of his claims has been questioned by journalists.
Walter O'Brien was born to Maurice and Anne O'Brien in 1975 in Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland. The second of five children, he grew up on a farm. He attended St. Patrick's National School in Clonroche until his family moved to Rosshaven, when he was 13 years old. There he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers School (CBS) in Enniscorthy.
O'Brien has stated he scored a 197 on an IQ test administered by one of his teachers in primary school but did not keep the paperwork. TechDirt and The Irish Times said that O'Brien's 197 IQ score from childhood does not mean his intelligence exceeds that of other adults because scoring is scaled based on age. Mike Masnick noted that of all the "top IQ" lists available online, each one is different and none contains O'Brien's name. Susan Karlin questioned why, since O'Brien uses his IQ score as part of his self-marketing, he did not retake the test through Mensa so that it could be confirmed.
After completing his Leaving Certificate at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, O'Brien attended the University of Sussex where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and artificial intelligence.
According to the New Ross Standard, a local paper in O'Brien's home county, his interest in computers began when his primary school started offering a computer course. O'Brien's father gave him livestock as payment for doing chores on the farm, which he sold in order to purchase an Amstrad personal computer at age nine. According to IrishCentral, his parents bought him a computer at age 12, which is when his interest in computers started.
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