Richard Reeves Brodie (born November 10, 1959) is an American computer programmer and author. He was the original creator of Microsoft Word.
After leaving Microsoft, Brodie became a motivational speaker and authored two bestselling books.Brodie was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the older son of Mary Ann Brodie and Richard Brodie, a child psychologist. He graduated from Newton South High School and entered Harvard College
in the fall of 1977 concentrating in applied mathematics with an
emphasis on computer science. Brodie left Harvard after his sophomore
year and moved to Palo Alto, CA to work for Xerox Corporation's Advanced Systems Division (ASD), where he met Charles Simonyi and helped develop the Bravo X word processor for the Alto computer.
Simonyi became a mentor to Brodie while at Xerox and took Brodie with him when he moved to Microsoft in 1981.
Apart from his careers as a programmer and author, Brodie has found
creative ways to integrate his love of sports and games into his
professional life. In 2003 he joined the professional
poker circuit. He has finished in the money in five World Series of Poker events and six World Poker Tours. Until Black Friday, he played as a
Full Tilt Poker pro under the screen name Quiet Lion.
He appeared on
NBC's game show
Identity and played himself in the movie
The Grand.
Brodie currently resides in Kirkland, Washington.
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