Mark Shuttleworth

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Mark Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur and space tourist best known as the founder of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the Ubuntu operating system.

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instanceOf entrepreneur
human
space tourist
acquiredBy Thawte Consulting was acquired by VeriSign NERFINISHED
associatedWith Linux community
open-source software movement
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
created Ubuntu Scholarship program (Ubuntu-related initiatives) NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1973-09-18
durationInSpace about 10 days
educatedAt University of Cape Town NERFINISHED
familyName Shuttleworth NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy finance and information systems
founded Canonical Ltd. NERFINISHED
Thawte Consulting NERFINISHED
Ubuntu Foundation NERFINISHED
fullName Mark Richard Shuttleworth NERFINISHED
givenName Mark NERFINISHED
industry information technology
software
inspiredBy Debian GNU/Linux NERFINISHED
knownFor Ubuntu Linux distribution NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
nationality South African NERFINISHED
notableAs first African in space
notableFor founding Canonical Ltd.
funding and promoting the Ubuntu operating system
occupation businessperson
entrepreneur
space tourist
venture capitalist
philanthropy funding open-source software projects
supporting education and technology initiatives in Africa
placeOfBirth Welkom, Free State, South Africa NERFINISHED
positionHeld CEO of Canonical Ltd.
self-appointed "SABDFL" (Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life) of Ubuntu
residence Isle of Man NERFINISHED
London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED
soldCompany Thawte Consulting NERFINISHED
spaceflightDate 2002-04-25
2002-05-05
spaceflightMission Soyuz TM-33 NERFINISHED
Soyuz TM-34 NERFINISHED
spaceflightRole spaceflight participant
title founder of Canonical Ltd.
visited International Space Station NERFINISHED
website https://www.markshuttleworth.com/

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Canonical Ltd. foundedBy Mark Shuttleworth
Canonical foundedBy Mark Shuttleworth
subject surface form: Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. founder Mark Shuttleworth
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth
subject surface form: Canonical Ltd.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth
Canonical Ltd. subsidiaryOf Mark Shuttleworth
this entity surface form: Mark Shuttleworth (ultimate control)