Nilay Patel is an American editor and

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who has been editor-in-chief of technology news website ''

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'' since 2014.

Education

In 2003, Patel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in

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from the

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and in 2006 received his Juris Doctor from the

University of Wisconsin Law School The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional graduate law school of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, the school was founded in 1868. The University of Wisconsin Law School is guided by a "law in ...

Career

Patel had his first blogging job at Gapers Block, a

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-centric blog. He joined ''Engadget'' in 2008 and was responsible for blogging. In 2011 Patel left ''Engadget'' along with a few co-workers to join ''The Verge''. In March 2014 he left ''The Verge'' to join sister site '' Vox''. In July 2014 he returned to ''The Verge'', and became Editor-in-Chief after Joshua Topolsky left the position to work at

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. Patel is also a co-host for ''The Vergecast''.

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* Living people American bloggers American podcasters The Verge University of Chicago alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni 21st-century American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-stub