Omar Tomas Wasow (born 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya)
is an internet analyst who appears frequently on radio and television.
Wasow tutored Oprah Winfrey in her first exploration of the
Net in the 12-part series Oprah Goes Online.[1]
He is co-founder and strategic advisor for the
social networking website BlackPlanet.
Wasow's father has German Jewish heritage,
and his mother is African-American.
In 1995, Wasow was proclaimed by Newsweek as one of the "fifty
most influential people to watch in cyberspace."
Around 1999 or 2000, Wasow introduced
Oprah Winfrey to electronic mail in a series of 12
appearances on her television show. In 2003
Wasow appeared in an Apple, Inc
advertisement discussing their latest
operating system at the time Mac OS X Panther.[
2] In 2010 Wasow appeared as a guest on Stephen Colbert's show as a guest
to explain cyberwar.[3]
Wasow is currently working on his doctorate at
Harvard University in African-American Studies and political science.
In a 2009 interview with Brian Lamb, Wasow stated that he had started at
Harvard in 2005.
Wasow is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City,
where he was President of the Student Union.
He then graduated from Stanford University in
California with a BA degree in Race and Ethnic Relations.[4]
