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Robert Alan Eustace (born 1957) is an American computer scientist who served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and first Senior Vice President for Knowledge at Google until retiring in 2015.[3] On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record. The jump was from 135,890 feet (41.42 km) and lasted 15 minutes, an altitude record that stands as of 2024.[2][4] He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year in 2015.[5] The son of a Martin Marietta engineer, Eustace grew up in Pine Hills, Florida, then a working-class suburb of Orlando, where small ranch houses had been built for employees of the Martin Marietta Corporation.[6] After graduating from Maynard Evans High School in 1974, he received a debate scholarship from Valencia College and attended it for a year before transferring to Florida Technological University—now known as the University of Central Florida—to major in mechanical engineering.[6] As a univers

Alan Eustace - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American computer scientist (born 1956) Alan Eustace Eustace in 2008 Born Robert Alan Eustace [ 1 ] ( 1956-12-19 ) December 19, 1956 (age 69) Alma mater University of Central Florida Occupation Computer scientist Known for World record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump Board member of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Robert Alan Eustace (born December 19, 1956) is an American computer scientist who served as senior vice president of engineering and first senior vice pre

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