Al Gore is an American politician who had served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is also a prominent environmentalist and a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his endeavors in the field. Over the course of his political career, Gore has served in the White House as well as the Senate. He briefly served in the military during the Vietnam War before he began his political career. He successfully ran for a seat in the US Senate in 1984, and four years later, he made a bid for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, though he eventually lost to Michael Dukakis. As a senator, he is known for pushing the High Performance Computer and Communication Act, which greatly helped expand the internet. Gore was chosen by Bill Clinton to be his running mate in the 1992 United States presidential election and he eventually became the vice president of the United States, when Clinton successfully defeated George Bush. Gore and Clinton were elected in the next term as well, after they beat the Republicans. Other than politics, he is currently the chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection as well as the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc and a senior advisor to Google.