Cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi becomes sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on autophagy (sciencemag.org)
Current Caltech faculty with Nobel Prizes include: Robert Grubbs, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Yves Chauvin and Richard R. Schrock; David Politzer, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David J. Gross and Frank Wilczek; Rudy Marcus, sole winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; and David Baltimore, winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Renato Dulbecco and Howard M. Temin. (caltech.edu)
Venture capitalist Tim Draper was the sole winner of about 30,000 bitcoins in a 2014 sale. (fortune.com)