Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds in 2018
Born
Linus Benedict Torvalds

(1969-12-28) 28 December 1969 (age 54)
Helsinki, Finland
Nationality
  • Finnish
  • American
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki (M.S.)[1]
OccupationSoftware engineer
EmployerLinux Foundation
Known forLinux, Git
SpouseTove Torvalds
Children3
Parent(s)Nils Torvalds (father)
Anna "Mikke" Torvalds (née Törnqvist, mother)
RelativesSara Torvalds (sister)
Leo Törnqvist (grandfather)
Ole Torvalds (grandfather)

Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz/ ⓘ LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz,[2] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

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]

  1. ^ "Linus Torvalds 2008 Fellow". Archived from the original on 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Linus Torvalds: Why Choose a Career in Linux and Open Source" on YouTube
  3. ^ "Technology Academy Finland – Stem cell pioneer and open source software engineer are 2012 Millennium Technology Prize laureates". Technologyacademy.fi. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Computer-Pioneer-Award". Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ^ "List of IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award recipients" (PDF). IEEE. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2018.