Founder computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Founder. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
 | Aaron Greenspan Creator of Think Computer Corporation and alleged co-inventor of Facebook. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Aaron Levie American entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of cloud company Box. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Aaron Swartz American computer programmer, writer, and Internet activist. Category: Convict, Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Adrian Carmack One of the founders of iD Software. Category: Coined, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Al Gore American politician, advocate, author, philanthropist, and environmental activist. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Alain Colmerauer One of the earliest linguistic formalisms used in developing the TAUM-METEO machine. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Alan Schaaf Founder of Imgur, the world's largest image hosting site. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Alan Shugart Pioneer of the computer disk drive and founder of Seagate Technology. Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Alexander Fraser British-American computer scientist. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Alexey Lyapunov Soviet mathematician and pioneer of computer science. Category: Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Alexis Ohanian American entrepreneur and angel investor best known for investing in Reddit. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Allen Adham Egyptian American businessman and co-founder of video game developer Silicon & Synapse now Activision Blizzard. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Allen Dumont American scientist best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube for use in television receivers. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Allen Stern Tech blogger and entrepreneur who lost over 125-pounds while offering weight-loss tips and recipes to thousands on the Internet. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Alonzo Church Founder of theoretical computer science. Category: Founder, Logician, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer |
 | An Wang Engineer and inventor, and co-founder of Wang Laboratories. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Anand Shimpi American businessman and founder of AnandTech website. Category: CEO, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andi Gutmans Israeli programmer and entrepreneur and PHP developer (created PHP 3 in 1997). Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andreas Bechtolsheim Co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Category: Engineer, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Andrei Ershov Pioneer in the field of theoretical and systems programming. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Andrew Kay Computer pioneer and founder of Kay Computers. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Andrew Mccollum Co-founder of Facebook and an angel investor. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andrew Ng Associate professor of the Department of Computer Science at Stanford and co-founder of Coursera. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andy Rubin Co-founder and former CEO of Danger Inc. and Android Inc. Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Angie Hicks Co-founder and CMO of Angie's List. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Anthony Wood Pioneer and innovator in TV and digital media and founder and CEO of Roku. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Arash Ferdowsi Iranian-American computer entrepreneur and co-founder of online storage service Dropbox. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Arianna Huffington Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Athanasius Kircher Oriental studies and medicine. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | August-wilhelm Scheer Founder and director of IDS Scheer AG. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Barbara Simons American computer scientist and former president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Category: Director, Female, Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Barrett Brown American activist, author, and founder of Project PM. Category: Convict, Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Barry Lam Founder and Chairman of Quanta Computer. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bashir Rameyev Soviet inventor and scientist and one of the founders of Soviet computing. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Ben Silbermann Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Beny Alagem An Israeli American entrepreneur, developer, and the founder of Packard Bell Electronics. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bernard Kardon American electrical engineer and co-founder of Harman/Kardon. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bill Gosper American mathematician and programmer and one of the founders of the hacker community with Richard Greenblatt. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Bill Kendrick American software developer known for creating and maintaining Tux Paint. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bill Moggridge British designer, author, and educator who designed one of the first laptop computer. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bob Bates American computer games designer. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Bob Rosenschein American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and founder of Answers.com. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bob Wallace American computer scientist, software pioneer and Microsoft's ninth employee. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Borje Langefors Swedish engineer and computer scientist who made systems development a science. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Brad Templeton Software Architect and early pioneer of Usenet. Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bram Cohen Author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Brian Fargo American video game designer, producer, programmer, executive, and founder of developers Interplay Entertainment. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Brian Reynolds American videogame designer known for his online social games on Facebook. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bruce Eckel Author and lecturer who has written numerous books and articles on computer programming. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bruce Schneier American computer security specialist, cryptographer, and writer. Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Butler Lampson Computer scientist who help with the development of the first personal computer. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Cali Lewis American podcaster and Internet personality. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Carolyn Meinel American hacker and author and specialist in script kiddie hacking. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Caterina Fake American businesswoman known for co-founding the websites Flickr and Hunch. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Chad Davis American hacker and founding member of the globalHell syndicate of hackers. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Chad Hurley Co-founder of YouTube. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Charles Bachman Computer scientist known for his work in computer databases. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Charles Flint American businessman who founded the company that became IBM. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Charles Geschke Co-founder of Adobe. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Charles Thacker American Pioneer computer designer who worked as the project leader of the Xerox Alto. Category: Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Cher Wang Taiwanese entrepreneur and co-founder and chairperson of HTC Corporation. Category: Entrepreneur, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Chris Pirillo Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Christopher Poole American entrepreneur and founder of website 4chan. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Christopher Stone Co-founder and creative director of Twitter. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Christopher Weaver Software developer and game programmer and contributor to the real-time sports simulation technology. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Chuck Hull Inventor of 3D printing and co-founder of 3D systems. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Claude Shannon Father of information theory. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Craig Neidorf American hacker and founding editor of Phrack Magazine. Category: Convict, Editor, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dale Dougherty Founder, President, and CEO of Maker Media and founder of MAKE Magazine. Category: CEO, Coined, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Dale Heatherington Co-founder Hayes Microcomputer Products, a US based manufacturer of modems. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Dan Bricklin Creator of VisiCalc. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dan Gillmor American technology writer, columnist, and teacher of digital media entrepreneurship. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Daniel Ek Swedish entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the music streaming service Spotify. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Daniel Kottke Early Apple computer engineer who help assemble and test the first Apple I. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Danny Cohen Internet pioneer and network specialist who designed the first real-time visual flight simulator. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Dave Winer American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer. Category: Editor, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | David Baszucki Massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | David Crane Making games for the Atari 2600. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | David Culler Inventor of TinyOS. Category: Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | David Evans Founder of the computer science department at the University of Utah. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | David Filo Co-founder of Yahoo!. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | David Hilbert German mathematician known for discovering invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry. Category: Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | David Karp American web developer and founder of blogging platform, Tumblr. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | David Litchfield British computer security expert, database authority and author. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | David Morse Co-founder of Amiga. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | David Packard Co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | David Warthen American technologist and co-founder of Ask Jeeves. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Demis Hassabis British artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, computer game designer and gamer. Category: Founder, Gamer, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dennis Crowley American Internet entrepreneur known for co-founding Foursquare and Dodgeball. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dennis Fong Entrepreneur and retired celebrity pro computer gamer. Category: Coined, Entrepreneur, Founder, Gamer, Manager, and Writer |
 | Dennis Hayes Founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and inventor of the PC Modem. Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Desiree Wrigley CEO and co-founder at GiveForward Inc. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Dick Costolo American businessman, entrepreneur, and CEO of Twitter. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dimitry Golubov Ukrainian hacker and founder of the Internet Party of Ukraine. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Donald Michie British researcher in artificial intelligence. Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
 | Donna Dubinsky American Businesswoman who helped with the development of PDAs at Palm. Category: CEO, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dov Frohman Israeli electrical engineer and former vice president of Intel Corporation. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Dov Moran Israeli engineer known for founding the company who invented the DiskOnKey thumb drive. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Drew Houston American Internet entrepreneur known for founding the online backup service Dropbox. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Drew Major Co-founder of Novell and chief architect and developer of NetWare operating system. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Dries Buytaert Open-source software programmer known as founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS (content management system). Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dustin Moskovitz Co-founder of the social networking website Facebook. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ed Roberts Father of the personal computer. Category: Coined, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Edmund Berkeley Co-founder of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). Category: Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Edward Feigenbaum Father of expert systems. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Edwin Turney Co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Elisha Gray Co-founder of Western Electric Manufacturing company and best known for his development of a telephone prototype. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Elon Musk Founder of SpaceX, and co-founder of Tesla Motors. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Emanuel Goldberg Inventor of such inventions as microdots, the kinamo movie camera, and the Contax 35mm camera. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Emile Berliner German-born American inventor known for developing the disc record gramophone (phonograph). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Eric Bina Co-creator of Mosaic and the co-founder of Netscape. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Eric Schmidt CEO of Google. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Erik Cassel Administrator, and VP of Engineering of ROBLOX, a massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ethan Zuckerman American Internet activist, media scholar, blogger, and author. Category: Coined, Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Eugene Kleiner One of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor. Category: Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Evan Williams Co-founder of Twitter and blogger. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Evelyn Berezin American computer engineer known for designing one of the first word processors. Category: Engineer, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Federico Faggin Italian physicist and engineer who helped design the first commercial microprocessor. Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Physicist, President, and Writer |
 | Fletcher Jones Founder of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Florian Brody Co-inventor of the first electronic books. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Frank Pearce Co-founder and executive vice president of product development of Blizzard Entertainment. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Fredrik Idestam Finnish businessman and engineer known for founding Nokia. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Fredrik Neij Co-founder of The Pirate Bay and owner of the web host PRQ which hosted The Pirate Bay. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, and Writer |
 | Gabe Newell Producer of the first three releases of Windows and co-founder of Valve. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Garrett Gruener Information technology specialist and founder of Ask.com. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gary Hendrix American businessman and founder of Symantec Corporation. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gary Kildall American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who invented the CP/M operating system and gave Bill Gates the world. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Personality, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Gary Price Co-founder of infodocket.com and fulltextreports.com. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gary Wang Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Tudou.com, a Chinese video sharing company. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gaston Gonnet Uruguayan-Canadian computer scientist known for his work with the Maple computer algebra system. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Gene Amdahl American computer architect and founder of Amdahl Corporation. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gene Golub Renowned numerical analyst, professor, and author. Category: Analyst, Editor, Founder, Manager, President, Professor, Researcher, and Writer |
 | George Boole Mathematician, logician, and inventor of what is now known as Boolean logic. Category: Founder, Inventor, Logician, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | George Eastman American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | George Grant Founder of Grant Calculating Machine Company and developer of several calculating machines. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | George Perlegos Electrical engineer who participated in the development of the first cell flash memory from Intel and helped develop EEPROM. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gerald Lawson Founder of Videosoft and best known for creating one of the earliest arcade games. Category: African American, Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Gerald Weinberg American computer scientist, author, and teacher. Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Gina Trapani American web developer, tech blogger, writer, and founder of the Lifehacker blog. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Gordon French Computer programmer and engineer who co-founded the Homebrew Computer Club. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Gordon Moore Co-founder and former CEO of Intel. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Gottfrid Warg Swedish computer specialist and co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, and Writer |
 | Greg Chesson American computer scientist and UNIX expert known as the godfather of Networking. Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Guglielmo Marconi Father of long distance radio transmission. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer |
 | Hans Reiser American computer programmer, creator of ReiserFS computer file system and convicted murderer. Category: Convict, Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Harlan Anderson Co-founder of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation). Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Harlan Mills Founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc. Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Harold Prewitt Race car driver, American businessman and inventor of personal computer products. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Harry Mccracken Technology writer and editor. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Hasso Plattner Co-founder of software giant SAP AG. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Hector De Jesus Ruiz Chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions and former CEO of AMD. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Hector Monsegur American computer hacker and co-founder of the hacking group LulzSec, turned FBI informant. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Henry Perot Founder of EDS and Perot Systems. Category: Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Herb Schildt American computer programmer and computing author. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Herbert Freeman Computer scientist who made contributions to computer graphics. Category: Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Herman Hollerith Founder of IBM. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Igor Sysoev Russian software developer known for creating Nginx. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ivan Sutherland Inventor of the Sketchpad and co-founder of Evans and Sutherland. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Jack Dennis Computer scientist and retired MIT professor who help develop the Multics project. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Professor, Scientist, Writer, and sponsor |
 | Jack Dorsey Creator of Twitter and founder of Square. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jack Ma Chinese entrepreneur and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jack Tramiel Founder of Commodore International. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jack Tretton Former President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Jake Lodwick American software engineer best known for co-founding Vimeo. Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jake Winebaum American entrepreneur and founder of FamilyFun magazine, Business.com, and Brighter.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jakob Nielsen Computer engineer and web usability consultant. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | James Burke British broadcaster, author, futurist, and science historian. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
 | James Clark American entrepreneur and founder of Netscape and Silicon Graphics. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | James Martin Father of Computer Aided Systems Engineering (CASE). Category: Father, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | James Rand American industrialist who revolutionized the business record industry and founded American Kardex. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | James Ready American businessman and technologist and founder of MontaVista Software. Category: Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Jan Koum American computer engineer and Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of WhatsApp. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Janus Friis Danish entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype and KaZaA. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jason Scott American archivist, filmmaker and technology historian. Category: Director, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jason Shellen Thing Labs and developed Blogger. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jawed Karim Co-founder of YouTube. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jay Forrester Computer engineer who developed the aircraft flight simulator which later evolved to become the Whirlwind digital computer. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Jeff Bezos Founder, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Amazon. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Jeff Hawkins Founder of Palm and author of On Intelligence. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jeff Taylor American Internet entrepreneur and founder of the online job site Monster.com. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jeffrey Skoll Canadian engineer and Internet entrepreneur known for being the first employee and president of eBay. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jeffrey Ullman Computer scientist, author, and professor at Stanford University. Category: Analyst, Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Jen-hsun Huang Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Nvidia. Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Jennifer Pahlka Founder and Executive Director of Code for America and U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Category: Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jeremy Stoppelman Co-founder and CEO of Yelp. Category: CEO, Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jerry Sanders Founder and former CEO of AMD. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jerry Yang Co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Category: CEO, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jimmy Wales American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Joe Belfiore Corporate vice president of Operating Systems Group and Windows Phone at Microsoft. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Barlow American poet, essayist, and founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | John Bennet Australia professor of computer science and the founding president of the Australian Computer Society. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Professor, and Writer |
 | John Carmack American game programmer and founder of Id Software. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Collison Irish student and Internet entrepreneur known for co-founding Stripe. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Eckert Electrical engineer and computer pioneer who help invent the ENIAC and UNIVAC. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | John Mauchly American physicist who helped develop the ENIAC, EDVAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Programmer, and Writer |
 | John Mcafee American computer programmer and founder of McAfee and one of the first to design antivirus software. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Ousterhout Professor of computer science at University of California where he created Tcl scripting language and Tk platform. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, Professor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | John Romero Co-founder of id Software and designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom, and Quake. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Sall Co-founder and executive vice president of SAS Institute. Category: Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | John Walker Computer programmer and founder of Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | John Warnock Co-founder of Adobe. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Johnathan Wendel Considered to be the world's first prominent and accomplished professional computer gamer. Category: Founder, Gamer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jon Kraft Co-founder, and CEO of Pandora Media. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Jon Radoff American author, entrepreneur, and game designer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Gamer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jon Tetzchner Founder and former CEO of Opera Software who left company in the year 2011. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Joseph Canion American computer scientist and co-founder of Compaq Computer Corporation. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Julian Assange Editor, activist, computer programmer, and hacker best known as the founder of WikiLeaks. Category: Editor, Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Julian Bigelow American computer engineer known for designing one of the first computers, the IAS. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Justin Frankel American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Justin Kan American Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Justin.tv and TwitchTV. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kapali Eswaran One of the founding members of the IBM System R Project, which formed the genesis of relational database technology. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kara Swisher American technology columnist and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Keith Uncapher Founder of ISI and developer of the Internet. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ken Mccarthy American entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, Writer, and sponsor |
 | Ken Olsen Founder and former CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ken Williams Co-founder of On-Line System, which became Sierra On-Line. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Kevin Kelly Founder, and executive editor of WIRED magazine and former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Rose Co-founder of Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Systrom American entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram. Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kim Dotcom German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur also known as Kimble. Category: Convict, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Kimberly Bryant Senior biotech manager and founder of Black Girls Code. Category: African American, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kirk Lafler American engineer, programmer, author, entrepreneur, consultant, and founder of Software Intelligence Corporation. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Lap Hui Chinese American tech entrepreneur and co-founder of eMachines and Everex. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Larry Ellison Founder of Oracle. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Page Co-founder of Google. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Larry Roberts Creator of the ARPANET (predecessor to the modern Internet). Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Larry Sanger American online knowledge organizer and co-founder of Wikipedia. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Lars Rasmussen Danish-born computer scientist, software developer and co-founder of Google Maps. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Laszlo Kalmar Hungarian mathematician considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science. Category: Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Laurence Spitters American industrialist and investor who co-founded Memorex (1961). Category: Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Lawrence Rowe Computer scientist and founding director of the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC). Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Lee Boysel American engineer who developed four-phase logic and built first integrated circuit. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Lee Felsenstein One of the original founders of the Homebrew computer club. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Leonard Bosack Co-founder of Cisco Systems responsible for pioneering the commercialization of local area network (LAN) technology. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Leonard Shustek Chairman of the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Lotfali Zadeh Mathematician, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and founder of fuzzy mathematics. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Lou Montulli Programmer known for his work in producing web browsers, namely Lynx and Netscape. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Luanne Johnson Founded Argonaut Information Systems to sell payroll and accounts payable software in 1971. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Manuel Fernandez Founder of the Gavilan Computer Corporation which developed one of the first portable laptop computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marc Andreessen Co-author of mosaic the first widely used web browser. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Marc Canter CEO of Broadband Mechanics and previously founder of MacroMind, the company that became Macromedia. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Abene Infosec expert, computer programmer, cryptographer, and hacker. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Mark Blank American software engineer and game developer. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mark Cuban American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and owner of NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Kriegsman American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, writer, and Director of Engineering at Veracode. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Pincus Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mark Tebbe Professor at University of Chicago and co-founder of Answers.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Markus Neteler Coordinator of GRASS GIS and promoter of Free Software GIS development. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Markus Persson Developer of the game Minecraft. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Martha Fox English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Martin Cooper Inventor of the handheld mobile phone, the start of what we know as the cell phone today. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Marvin Minsky Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and AI specialist. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mary Jepsen Leader of the Display Division at Google X Lab and co-founder of One Laptop per Child. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Keller First American woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mat Honan Media innovator, and senior writer with WIRED magazine. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Matt Mullenweg American online social media entrepreneur and founding developer of WordPress. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Hart American author, best known as one of the inventors of the electronic book (or ebook). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Hawley Educator, scientist, artist, and researcher working in the field of digital media. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Lazaridis Greek Canadian businessman and founder of Research In Motion (BlackBerry handhelds). Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Michael Robertson Founder and former CEO of MP3.com, a popular Internet music site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Schroeder American computer scientist known for co-inventing the Needham-Schroeder authentication protocol. Category: Chairman, Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mihai Parparita Software engineer at Google and founding member of the Google Reader development team. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mike Bergman Web Scientist and 'deep web' researcher. Category: CEO, Editor, Founder, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Mike Berlyn American video game designer and writer. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mike Mccue Former directory of Twitter and founder of Paper Software, Tellme Networks, and Flipboard. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Mike Morhaime Co-founder, CEO, and president of video game developer Blizzard Entertainment. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Minh Nguyen Disputed co-founder of Plaxo and murder suspect. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mitchell Kapor Founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mochio Umeda Japanese IT enterprise management consultant, author, and one of the most well-known commentators on IT. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Morris Chang Founding chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Category: Chairman, Father, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Moxie Marlinspike Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | N Murthy Indian businessman and co-founder of Infosys. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Nathan Emberton Founder of Computer Hope. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Nathan Myhrvold Former chief technology officer at Microsoft and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, and Writer |
 | Nathan Rochester Designer of the IBM 701, programmer of the first assembler, and helped create the artificial intelligence field. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Nicholas Negroponte American architect and founder of the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Nick Woodman American businessman, entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of GoPro. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Noah Glass Founder of Twitter. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Nolan Bushnell American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Norman Margolus Canadian-American computer scientist and physicist. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Oren Etzioni American entrepreneur, professor and CEO of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Category: CEO, Coined, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Pafnuty Chebyshev Statistics, mechanics, and analytical geometry. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Patrick Mcgovern Chairman, and founder of IDG (International Data Group). Category: Chairman, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Patrick Volkerding Software engineer and founder of the Slackware Linux distribution. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Allen Co-founder of Microsoft. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Brainerd Pioneer in the field of computer-aided editing, design, and publishing and co-founder of Aldus. Category: Coined, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Demaine Leading figure in the early development of computer-based automatic indexing. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Galvin One of the two founders of the telecommunications company Motorola. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Paul Graham Venture capitalist, and essayist known for his work on Lisp (a family of computer programming languages). Category: Founder, Hacker, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Thelen Founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Big Fish Games. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pete Cashmore Scottish entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Mashable. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Diamandis American engineer, physician, author, Intel entrepreneur and founder of X PRIZE Foundation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Eckersley Pioneer best known for helping to create Let's Encrypt while at EFF. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Neuman Computer science researcher who worked on the Multics operating system. Category: Coined, Founder, Manager, Researcher, and Writer |
 | Peter Norton American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Peter Schnell German entrepreneur who founded Software AG Foundation. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Peter Sunde Founder of Flattr and ex-spokesperson Pirate Bay. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Petro Vlahos Hollywood special effects pioneer who defined the color-difference bluescreen process. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Philip Zimmerman Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Philippe Kahn Innovator and entrepreneur and inventor of the first camera phone. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Phillip Rosedale American entrepreneur and founder of Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Pierre Omidyar French-born entrepreneur, founder, and chairman of the eBay auction site. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Pieter Abeele Software developer, and founder of the PowerPC version of Gentoo Linux. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Rahul Sood Founder of VoodooPC and former chief technology officer for HP Global Voodoo Business Unit. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rajiv Gupta Prior general manager at Hewlett Packard and co-inventor of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Randy Eisenman Founder of Satori Capital and Handango in 1999 where he served as president and chief executive officer. Category: Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Randy Pausch American professor of computer science and human computer interaction at CMU. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Professor, and Writer |
 | Ransom Love Co-founder of the late Caldera company. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Raymond Holt Pioneering computer designer and businessman in Silicon Valley that developed the first microprocessor chip set for F-14 Tomcat. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Reed Hastings Computer scientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of Netflix. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Regina Dugan 19th (and the first woman) Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Female, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Reid Hoffman American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author known as the co-founder of LinkedIn. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Renukanth Subramaniam British hacker and founder of DarkMarket, Internet cybercrime forum. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Richard Branson English business magnate and investor and founder of Virgin Group. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Richard Brodie Author original creator of Microsoft Word. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Richard Canning EDP Analyzer. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Richard Greenblatt American computer programmer and one of the founders of the hacker community with Bill Gosper. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Richard Hamming American mathematician and author who invented Hamming codes - computer error-detecting and correcting codes. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, President, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Richard Lyon American scientist known for inventing the optical mouse. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Richard Schulze Founder and past chairman of Best Buy. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Richard Stallman American software freedom activist and computer programmer who launched the GNU project. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Richard Yoo American entrepreneur and founder of web hosting company Rackspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rob Kalin Online handmade and vintage marketplace founded in the year 2005. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Robert Cohn Company that commercialized voice mail. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Enderle American technology analyst and labeled as the most quoted technology analysts in the media. Category: Analyst, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Robert Fano Inventing (with Claude Shannon) Shannon-Fano coding. Category: Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Robert Frankston Co-creator of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Krakoff Founder of the Razer company. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Martin Consulting firm that specializes in training clients in Java, C++, OOP. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Robert Metcalfe Founder of 3Com. Category: Coined, Founder, Hacker, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Miner Co-founder of Oracle Corporation, and developer of its relational database management system. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Morris Best known for creating the Morris Worm, the first Internet worm. Category: Convict, Father, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Robert Noyce Inventor of the integrated circuit and co-founder of Intel. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Stein Computer pioneer who founded the Voyager Company. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Robert Taylor Internet pioneer and director of ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office from 1965 through 1969. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Roberta Williams American video game creator and designer and co-founder of Sierra Entertainment. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Roger Sippl Entrepreneur, and innovator who founded Informix Software and pioneered SQL relational databases. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ronald Wayne American electronics industry worker and co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rosalind Picard Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. Category: Director, Female, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Professor, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ross Ulbricht Founder of the online black market Silk Road. Category: Convict, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Ryan Block Technology journalist, critic, former editor of Engadget, and co-founder of gdgt. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ryan Shrout Founder, owner, operator, and editor-in-chief of PC Perspective. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | S Scott Crump Pioneer of modern 3D printing technology. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Saadia Muzaffar Marketing, sales, and business executive and organizer of Startup Weekends. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sabeer Bhatia Indian American who founded the Hotmail e-mail service. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Salman Khan American educator, entrepreneur, and founder of the Khan Academy. Category: Analyst, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sam Altman Former CEO of OpenAI and president of Y Combinator. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Sam Schillace One of the founders of Writely, which was sold to Google for Google Docs. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Samy Kamkar Computer security researcher known for creating Evercookie. Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sandra Lerner Co-founder of Cisco Systems and founder of Urban Decay cosmetics. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Savvas Chamberlain Inventor, scientist, and professor who invented silicon image sensors. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Scott Cook Founder of Intuit in 1983, and currently chairman of the board of Intuit. Category: Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Scott Mcnealy American businessman and co-founded computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sebastian Thrun Founder of Google X, home to projects like the Google self-driving car and Google Glass. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sellam Ismail Operator of VintageTech, a consultancy specializing in obsolete computers. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Sergey Brin Co-founder of Google. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Seymour Cray Founder of Cray. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Shawn Fanning Computer programmer and co-founder of Napster. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sidney Harman American business man who with Bernard Kardon made the first integrated hi-fi receiver and founded Harman Kardon. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Sidney Meier Canadian programmer and video game designer known for video game Civilization. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Simon Phipps And open source advocate and founder of IBM's Java Technology Center. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sky Dayton American entrepreneur, founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies and founder and chairman of Boingo. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sophia Bekele Business and corporate executive and Executive Director and Founder of DotConnectAfrica Trust. Category: CEO, Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Stephanie Shirley British businesswoman and philanthropist who is best known for founding the software company F.I. Group. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Stephen Kleene American mathematician and co-founder of the branch of mathematical logic known as recursion theory. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Stephen Wolfram Founder of Wolfram|Alpha. Category: Founder, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Capps Computer programmer and engineer known for his work on the Apple Inc. Macintosh computer and Newton OS during the 1980s and 1990s. Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Steve Case Co-founder of America Online (AOL). Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Chen Co-founder of YouTube. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Steve Garfield Videographer, video blogging pioneer and co-founder of New Mediacracy podcast. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Gibson Computer enthusiast, software engineer and security researcher. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Jobs Co-founder of and former CEO of the Apple company. Category: CEO, Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Steve Kirsch American computer scientist and entrepreneur known for inventing the optical mouse. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple and Father of the Apple computer. Category: CEO, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Stewart Brand American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. Category: Editor, Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Stuart Moulthrop Author of hypertext fiction works Victory Garden. Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Ted Dabney Co-founder of Atari in 1971, which started as Syzygy. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Tedd Waitt American billionaire philanthropist who was a co-founder of Gateway, Inc. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Thomas Edison Inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera, electric light bulb, and more. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Thomas Pabst German doctor who founded the online publication Tom's Hardware. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Thomas Siebel American business executive, software developer and investor. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Tiffany Shlain American Internet pioneer, filmmaker, author, and founder of the Webby Awards. Category: CEO, Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tim Berners-lee Father of the World Wide Web (WWW). Category: Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tim Bray Canadian software developer who helped create XML. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tim O'reilly Founder of O'Reilly Media. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tim Paterson Original author of MS-DOS. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Tim Westergren Co-founder of Pandora and creator of Genome project. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tom Anderson Co-founder of Myspace. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tom Hall American game designer who founded id Software where he served as creative director and designer. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tony Fadell Known as the father of the Apple iPod. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tony Hsieh Venture capitalist and Internet entrepreneur who founded Zappos.com. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Valentin Turchin Soviet and American computer scientist and cybernetician who developed the Refal programming language. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Valerie Landau American software designer, author, and educator and director of Round World Media. Category: Director, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Victor Alhadeff Business executive known as the founder and CEO of Egghead Software. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Vinod Khosla American businessman, billionaire and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Vint Cerf Father of the Internet. Category: Father, Founder, Manager, Personality, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Ward Christensen First BBS (bulletin board system) ever brought online (1978). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Wayne Green American publisher, writer and consultant and founder of Byte Magazine. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Werner Siemens German inventor and industrialist and founder of the Siemens company. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Will Glaser Pioneer who co founded Pandora Radio. Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Will Wright Founder of Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts and helped develop such games as SimCity, Sims, and Spore. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | William Hewlett Co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | William Joy Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, helped with the development of BSD, and original author of vi. Category: Editor, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | William Millard Founder and chairman of the electronics retailer ComputerLand. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | William Norris American computer executive, co-founder and CEO of Control Data Corporation (CDC). Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Xeni Jardin American digital media commentator, tech culture journalist, weblogger, and founder of Boing Boing. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Yancey Strickler American Internet entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter. Category: CEO, Editor, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |