Robert Hawking is a British software engineer working for Microsoft. However, he is more recognized as the eldest son of the brilliant English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Professor Stephen Hawking. This adoring child son would take care of his father who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Robert is a very caring man who, as his mother later described him, would do things “kids really shouldn’t have to do.”

Robert was Stephen’s only child who showed any inclination towards science and technology. He later became a software engineer working for Phoebe Adele Gates’ father Bill Gates, one of the biggest names in technology and owner of Microsoft. Now let us know more about the Briton.

ROBERT HAWKING: EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION

Robert George Hawking was born in May 1967 to parents, Professor Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde Hawking. While her father was a renowned physicist, her mother was known for her diary, ‘ Journey to Infinity: My Life with Stephen ‘. Later, the story was made into the movie ‘The Theory of Everything’, which ended up winning an Academy Award.

Growing up, Robert witnessed his father’s poor health conditions due to Lou Gehrig’s disease. It was a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Stephen struggled with it for most of his life. Nevertheless, Stephen was a man of courage and his family was a great help to him. It was Robert who was Hawking’s eldest son who did much to support and care for his father for the most part.

Stephen later said that Robert was the only child who showed an interest in science out of the three children. He even thought that Robert would succeed as a successful scientist like himself. Robert was doing very well and continued his education at the same college where his father had gone to “Oxford University”.

ROBERT HAWKING: CAREER

After graduating from college, Robert started working as a software engineer for Microsoft. He still works for the same company and resides in Seattle, Washington. Robert was a scientist in his early days and his love for science comes from his father’s side.

Obviously, things aren’t easy for the iconic eldest child that is Stephen Hawking with the constant pressure to perform and fill the shoes and expectations of the world. Nevertheless, Robert was able to shine on his own after having had the opportunity to work for the most reputable company in the world in Microsoft. He is now doing very well for himself and is a product engineer for the company.

ROBERT HAWKING: PERSONAL LIFE, NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Robert is a family man who is always very close to his younger brothers and sisters. His sister Lucy is a journalist who has written novels in collaboration with Stephen. She prioritized making the universe understandable to children and wrote the book “George’s Secret Key to the Universe”. Lucy is also a French and Russian examiner at the University of Oxford. Robert’s other brother, Timothy went to Exter University where he is studying Spanish.

Now looking at his relationships, Robert is a married man and has two children; a boy and a girl. The family resides in Seattle and lives a happy life together.

Robert is a dedicated man who probably works for Microsoft’s biggest tech company which will definitely pay him a lot of money. According to multiple sources, Robert is doing quite well with a net worth of over $1 million. He also inherited part of his father’s fortune which was valued at $20 million.

Although we’re away from most social media platforms, we got to see a bit of Robert in 2014 when he competed with his siblings in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge then was to support an ALS charity which was in the name of the late Stephen Hawking .