Linus Torvalds
Creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz/ LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz,[2] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.
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Born | Linus Benedict Torvalds (1969-12-28) 28 December 1969 (age 54) Helsinki, Finland |
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Alma mater | University of Helsinki (M.S.)[1] |
Occupation | Software engineer |
Employer | Linux Foundation |
Known for | Linux, Git |
Spouse | Tove Torvalds |
Parent(s) | Nils Torvalds (father) Anna "Mikke" Torvalds (née Törnqvist, mother) |
Relatives | Sara Torvalds (sister) Leo Törnqvist (grandfather) Ole Torvalds (grandfather) |
He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel."[3] He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award[4] and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.[5]