23 Facts About Walter O'Brien

Walter O'Brien was born on 24 February 1975 and is an Irish businessman and information technologist.

Walter O'Brien was the executive producer and loose inspiration for the television series Scorpion.

Walter O'Brien is known for claiming various accomplishments, including a childhood IQ of 197, which have been scrutinized and remain unproven.

Walter O'Brien was born in 1975 at Boro Hill House, situated in Ballymackessy, Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland, to his parents Maurice and Anne O'Brien.

Walter O'Brien attended St Patrick's National School in Courtnacuddy until his family moved to Rosshaven, when he was 13 years old.

Susan Karlin questioned why, since Walter O'Brien uses his childhood IQ score as part of his self-marketing, he did not retake the test through Mensa so that it could be confirmed.

Walter 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, around 1984.

Walter O'Brien told the agents he would help show them vulnerabilities in their network in exchange for not getting into trouble.

Walter O'Brien was a member of the Irish team that participated in the 1993 International Olympiad in Informatics computer coding competition.

Walter O'Brien allegedly founded Scorpion Computer Services at age 13 in 1988.

In 2014, Walter O'Brien described his company as a think tank for "high IQ individuals".

Walter O'Brien started Scorpion Studios, which advises film and television producers on how to make technology appear real.

Walter O'Brien contacted Scooter Braun who pitched the idea to CBS.

In September 2014, CBS premiered the first season of the drama series, Scorpion, based on Walter O'Brien's alleged life experiences.

Walter O'Brien serves as an executive producer for the series, and regularly contributes to story development.

Karlin wrote that some community-edited business directories showed Walter O'Brien's company was much smaller than the 2,600 employees and $1.3 billion in revenues stated in Karlin's original article.

Walter O'Brien says that to find the character he had to push those doubts to one side and just accept O'Brien's story as gospel.

There's no evidence of the NASA hack and Walter O'Brien can't provide further details claiming he signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Walter O'Brien has lived in Los Angeles, California, since 2001 when he was issued an EB-1 visa to immigrate to the United States.

In 2015, Kilkenny People reported that Walter O'Brien received a mayoral certificate from the mayor of Kilkenny for his contribution and dedication to the Irish community in Los Angeles.

Walter O'Brien helped fund the start-up cost of Kilkenny Taxi Watch which Kilkenny People reported as having prevented 45 suicides through July 2015.

Walter O'Brien has spoken at numerous events, including speaking at the Mensa 2016 annual gathering event in San Diego, and the Houston Innovation Conference and Showcase.

In 2017, Walter O'Brien was honored with unite4:humanity's Humanitarian Lifetime Achievement award.