Mark Shuttleworth. Founder Canonical and space tourist from South Africa
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Mark Richard Shattleworth was born in South Africa in 1973. He graduated from the diocesan school and the University of Cape Town as a bachelor of economics in finance and information systems.
In the 90s he was actively involved in the development of the GNU / Linux Debian distribution. In the 95th, he founded his firm specialized in digital certificates and Internet security, and four years later sold it for $ 575 million.
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On April 25, 2002, Mark flew to the ISS as a space tourist together with the crew of the Russian Soyuz TM-34 spacecraft. He returned to Earth on May 5, becoming the second space tourist in the world. Mark Shuttleworth paid $ 20 million for his flight.
Shuttleworth is the founder of Canonical, which develops the Ubuntu Linux distribution, as well as Shuttleworth Foundation, Ubuntu Foundation and HBD Venture Capital.
Mark is currently leading the development of Ubuntu ...
Here is what he writes about his interests on his website:
Likes: spring, cassaria evora, slashdot, chelsea, finally, daydreaming, coming home, sinatra, sundowners, durbanville, flirting, string theory, particle physics, linux, python, mp3s, reincarnation, snow, mig -29s, travel, lime marmalade, mozilla, body shots, leopards, african bush, rajhastan, russian saunas, weightlessness, broadband, iain m banks, alastair reynolds, skinny-dipping, fancy dress, flashes of insight, inexplicable happiness, post -adrenaline euphoria, convertibles, country roads, clifton, international space station, artificial intelligence, wikipedia.
Mark Richard Shattleworth was born in South Africa in 1973. He graduated from the diocesan school and the University of Cape Town as a bachelor of economics in finance and information systems.
In the 90s he was actively involved in the development of the GNU / Linux Debian distribution. In the 95th, he founded his firm specialized in digital certificates and Internet security, and four years later sold it for $ 575 million.
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Kevin Carmony (CEO Linspire), Mark Shuttleworth (CEO Canonical / Ubuntu), Jane Silber (COO Canonical), Tom Hoyt (Dir or European Sales Linspire).
On April 25, 2002, Mark flew to the ISS as a space tourist together with the crew of the Russian Soyuz TM-34 spacecraft. He returned to Earth on May 5, becoming the second space tourist in the world. Mark Shuttleworth paid $ 20 million for his flight.
The crew of the Soyuz TM-34 from left to right: Y. Gidzenko, R. Vitori, M. Shattleworth
Shuttleworth is the founder of Canonical, which develops the Ubuntu Linux distribution, as well as Shuttleworth Foundation, Ubuntu Foundation and HBD Venture Capital.
Mark is currently leading the development of Ubuntu ...
... and provides support for the KDE environment.
Here is what he writes about his interests on his website:
Likes: spring, cassaria evora, slashdot, chelsea, finally, daydreaming, coming home, sinatra, sundowners, durbanville, flirting, string theory, particle physics, linux, python, mp3s, reincarnation, snow, mig -29s, travel, lime marmalade, mozilla, body shots, leopards, african bush, rajhastan, russian saunas, weightlessness, broadband, iain m banks, alastair reynolds, skinny-dipping, fancy dress, flashes of insight, inexplicable happiness, post -adrenaline euphoria, convertibles, country roads, clifton, international space station, artificial intelligence, wikipedia.
Dislikes: admin, legalese, running, wet gray winters, salary negotiations, public speaking.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/58099/
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