Mike Develin was born on August 27, 1980 in Hobart in Tasmania but is naturalized American since 2010 and is a mathematical cry that currently operates in the Scientific Committee of Facebook.
Korean mother, Mike moves in the US and settled in New York City and completed his studies at Stuyvesant High School and at Harvard University. At the age of 22 he has a Masters at UC - Berkeley discoursing on discrete geometric structures.
Develin, who lives in San Francisco, started to play bridge in 2005 and has already won three NABC's as well as the South American Junior Championships in 2007.