Charles Simonyi

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billionaire entrepreneur human software engineer space tourist

Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software engineer and entrepreneur best known for leading the development of Microsoft Office and later founding the software company Intentional Software.

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Charles Simonyi canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf billionaire ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
space tourist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor’s degree in engineering mathematics ⓘ
PhD in computer science ⓘ
acquisitionOfCompany Intentional Software acquired by Microsoft in 2017 ⓘ
birthName Károly ⓘ
surface form: Simonyi Károly
citizenship Hungary ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Hungary ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-09-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Microsoft ⓘ
Xerox PARC ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hungarian American ⓘ
familyName Simonyi ⓘ
fieldOfWork computer science ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ
founded Intentional Software ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
name Charles Simonyi self-link ⓘ
notableFor being a space tourist twice ⓘ
leading development of Microsoft Office ⓘ
notableIdea Intentional Programming ⓘ
surface form: intentional programming
notableProject Excel ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Multiplan ⓘ
Word ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Word
notableWork Intentional Programming ⓘ
Microsoft Office ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
programmer ⓘ
parent Károly Simonyi ⓘ
placeOfBirth Budapest ⓘ
positionHeld chief architect of Microsoft Office ⓘ
head of application software group at Microsoft ⓘ
residence Medina, Washington ⓘ
soldCompanyTo Microsoft ⓘ
spaceflight Soyuz TMA-10 ⓘ
Soyuz TMA-14 ⓘ
spouse Lisa Persdotter ⓘ
visited International Space Station ⓘ
workedAt Xerox PARC ⓘ
surface form: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
workedOn Bravo text editor ⓘ

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Lakeside School → hasAlumnus → Charles Simonyi ⓘ
Charles Simonyi → name → Charles Simonyi self-link ⓘ
Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences → namedAfter → Charles Simonyi ⓘ
Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences → endowedBy → Charles Simonyi ⓘ
Simonyi Survey Telescope → namedAfter → Charles Simonyi ⓘ