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Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist. He holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. In 2020, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Shuttleworth's net worth to…
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Born 18 September 1973 · Q227030
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2020· 1 entry
The Sunday Times Rich List estimated Shuttleworth's net worth to be £500 million
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2012· 1 entry
Shuttleworth had defended the anonymisation method used
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2010).
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2005· 1 entry
Founded the Ubuntu Foundation and made an initial investment of US$10 million
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2004· 1 entry
Returned to the free-software world by funding the development of Ubuntu, a Linux distribution based on Debian, through his company, Canonical Ltd
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2002· 1 entry
Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist
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2001· 1 entry
Formed the Shuttleworth Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to social innovation and funding educational, free, and open source software projects in South Africa, such as the Freedom Toaster
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1995· 2 entries
Studied at University of Cape Town, Bachelor of Science (1992–1995).
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Shuttleworth founded Thawte Consulting, a company specializing in digital certificates and Internet security
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-09-18.
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