P. J. Hyett

P. J. Hyett
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41)
Naperville, Illinois, US
EducationNorth Central College
OccupationSoftware developer
Known forCo-founder of GitHub
SpouseKendra Hyett
Children2
Websitehttps://hyett.com/

Phillip Jeffrey Hyett (born August 10, 1983) is an American software developer, technology entrepreneur, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008.[1]

In 2022 Hyett founded an auto racing team, AO Racing, an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona program, to compete in GT3 races.[2][3] He currently competes in IMSA's LMP2 class.

  1. ^ Huddleston, Tom Jr. (4 June 2018). "This 33-year-old college dropout co-founded GitHub, which just sold to Microsoft for $7.5 billion". cnbc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Jeannette, Hyett launching AO Racing Porsche GTD effort for 2023". racer.com. 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP PJ HYET". Retrieved 15 May 2023.