He was born in 1943 in an age far from the super-highway of the internet. However, Vinton Cerf would later be considered the "Father of the Internet" and with his ingenious mind, Cerf would take users into the realm of internet communications.

Vinton Cerf graduated from Stanford in 1965 with a BS in mathematics. He worked for IBM from 1965 until 1967 before leaving IBM to pursue his Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA.

After graduating with his doctorate degree, Cerf went on to teach at Stanford from 1972 until 1976. He worked with Robert Kahn and together they invented the TCP/IP protocols that would police the internet. More importantly, Kahn and Cerf actually invented the "internet" and worked to ensure its overall functionality.

In 1982, Vinton Cerf took a position with MCI. With a team behind him, he helped engineer the MCI first commercial email transport. He joined the corporation for National Research Initiatives from 1986 until 1994 and then returned to MCI.

Once Cerf returned to MCI in 1994, he became the Senior Vice-President of a very important venue. Working with the internet architecture, Vinton Cerf remains committed to improving the internet today.

Vinton Cerf won the National Medal for Technology in 1997. He was also the founder of the Internet Society in 1992 and rubs shoulders with some of the most prominent men and women in business today.