 Jeff Pulver grew up in a Jewish family in Kings Point, New York, and was graduated from Great Neck North High School in 1980.While working at a Long Island accounting firm, Pulver founded Spreadsheet Solutions Corp. to market add-ins for Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel.A licensed amateur radio operator since the age of 12, Pulver holds the call sign WA2BOT, and credits the hobby with sparking his interest in internet technology, saying, "it was amateur radio that unlocked [my] connection to voice over IP”.