Born in Windham, N.Y. in 1957, Scott Adams is best known as the creator of the Dilbert® comic strip. Dilbert is the fastest growing and most popular comic creation of the past ten years. Launched in 1989, the strip is enjoyed daily by 150 million people in 1,900 newspapers, in 56 countries. 

Adams has a unique track record of creating success in a variety of diverse businesses. 

The Dilbert comic strip was Adams' first attempt at a comic strip. No other cartoonist has achieved as much popularity, or had as much impact on the consciousness of readers, in the past ten years. 

Adams' first attempt writing a book -- The Dilbert Principle -- became a number one New York Times best seller and one of the top selling business books of all time. Over 10 million Dilbert books have been sold, including four business titles and twelve comic reprint collections. 

The Dilbert Zone web site, managed by United Media, was the first syndicated comic strip site on the web, and one of the first web sites to turn a profit. Adams' vision of an advertiser-supported daily comic on the web became a model for other cartoonists who followed. 

Adams started a sideline giving humorous lectures and became one of the most popular and highly compensated public speakers in America. From 1996 until 1999 he received five to ten speaking requests each day, primarily from word of mouth referrals, until recently phasing out of public speaking to focus on other ventures. 

Adam is co-executive producer of the Dilbert animated television show on the UPN network. The show is a solid hit in its first season and has already been renewed for the 1999-2000 television season. 

Working with United Media, Adams has guided the design of hundreds of licensed Dilbert products, from coffee mugs to dolls to computer games. Dilbert has become one of the biggest character licensing phenomenon of the past five years. 

Adams and a business partner opened a successful restaurant, Stacey's Cafe, in 1998. It has become one of the most popular eateries in the Pleasanton, California area. 

Graduating from Hartwick College in 1979 with a BA in economics, Adams worked for more than eight years at Crocker National Bank in San Francisco. Going to school at night, Adams finished the MBA program at the University of California, Berkeley and joined Pacific Bell in 1986, where he worked more than eight years until leaving to work on Dilbert full time. 

Starting with his teen years, Adams' jobs have included cow herder, sap gatherer, gardener, snow shoveler, dish washer, bus boy, hotel desk clerk, security guard, bank teller, computer programmer, budget manager, financial analyst, loan officer, product manager, project manager, lab technical support, cartoonist, author, public speaker, restaurateur and now -- CEO of Scott Adams Foods. 

Adams lives in Danville, California, where he still works 12 hours a day but eats much better.