James Whelton is an Irish computer coder, venture capital advisor,"Irish whizkid, 20, gets top job in US investor", The Independent (Ireland), April 22, 2012 and co-founder of CoderDojo, a network of free computer clubs for children.
At the age of 16, Whelton became famous for hacking the iPod Nano and creating watch faces for the device. In 2011, at the age of 18, he co-founded, CoderDojo, along with entrepreneur Bill Liao."Computer-mad children turn to volunteers to fill schools IT gap", The Guardian, April 6, 2013 Whelton headed up his school's computer club in Cork, Ireland. After CoderDojo was established, he became an entrepreneur-in-residence at Polaris Ventures.
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