Ernő Rubik (born 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube
Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. His mother was a poet, his father an aircraft engineer who started a company to build gliders. Rubik studied sculpture in college, but after graduating, he went back to learn architecture at a small college called the Academy of Applied Arts and Design. He remained there after his studies to teach interior design.
Rubik created the Cube in 1974 as a teaching aid for his students, but the subsequent patent and marketing in the 'west' made him the first self-made millionaire from the communist block.
Erno Rubik established a foundation to help promising inventors in Hungary. He also runs the Rubik Studio, which employs a dozen people to design furniture and toys. Rubik has produced several other toys, including Rubik's Snake. He has plans to start designing computer games and continues to develop his theories on geometric structures.
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