Tom Preston-Werner

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businessperson entrepreneur human software developer

Tom Preston-Werner is an American software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former CEO of the code-hosting platform GitHub.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → entrepreneur → human → software developer →
associatedWith	JavaScript ecosystem → Ruby programming language community → open-source community →
boardMemberOf	Chatterbug →
coFounded	Chatterbug → GitHub → Gravatar → RedwoodJS → Tidelift (early backer and co-founder-level role) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
created	Jekyll → RedwoodJS framework → Semantic Versioning specification →
employer	Chatterbug → GitHub →
familyName	Preston-Werner →
fieldOfWork	developer tools → open-source software → software engineering → web development →
givenName	Tom →
hasGitHubProfile	https://github.com/mojombo →
hasWebsite	https://tom.preston-werner.com →
influenced	static site generation ecosystem → versioning practices in software development →
investorIn	developer tooling startups →
knownFor	co-founding GitHub →
languageSpoken	English →
name	Tom Preston-Werner →
notableIdea	Git-based social coding → Semantic Versioning →
notableProject	GitHub → Jekyll → RedwoodJS → Semantic Versioning →
notablePublication	Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 specification →
notableWork	Jekyll static site generator →
occupation	business executive → entrepreneur → software developer →
positionHeld	CEO of GitHub → President of GitHub →
pseudonym	mojombo →
residence	San Francisco Bay Area →
spouse	Theresa Preston-Werner →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tom Preston-Werner ("Preston-Werner") →	familyName
GitHub →	foundedBy
Tom Preston-Werner →	name