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Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.
Jan 19, 2017 · Shuttleworth is perhaps best known as the “afronaut.” In 2002, at 28, he became the first African in space–and the second-ever space tourist–after spending millions to fly to the International...
It was founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Canonical employs staff in more than 70 countries and maintains offices in London, Austin, Boston, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo and the Isle of Man.
Apr 30, 2024 · Mark Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist who became the first South African in space. Shuttleworth was a student at the University of Cape Town in 1995 when he founded Thawte, a consulting firm that became a world leader in Internet security for.
Aug 13, 2013 · Shuttleworth is worth an estimated half-billion dollars, having made his fortune by creating a digital certificate authority that he sold to VeriSign for $575 million (£370 million) in 1999....
Mark Shuttleworth joins us on the Destination Linux podcast for an in-depth interview. Mark Shuttleworth is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company beh...
Oct 2, 2014 · South African billionaire expat Mark Shuttleworth celebrated a landmark victory against the Reserve Bank today by making a hugely generous gesture to South Africans who can’t afford their own constitutional court cases against the State.
