Scott Hassan

Scott Hassan is an American computer scientist and entrepeneur.

In the 1990s, when Hassan was working as a research assistant at Stanford University, his duties included rewriting the original code Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had written for their PhD theses. Hassan encouraged them to turn the code into an official product, and, although he was never an official Google employee, they allowed him to purchase 160,000 shares, for $800.

Hassan has been described as Google's third, unofficial founder.

Hassan went on to found other companies, and to be an initial investor in other companies.