Computer pioneers and people on Twitter
Below is a listing of computer pioneers and people that have helped the computer industry that are on Twitter. 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 |
 | Al Gore American politician, advocate, author, philanthropist, and environmental activist. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Al Lowe American programmer, and game designer known for the Leisure Suit Larry game series. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Alan Emtage Developer for Archie the first search engine. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Alan Schaaf Founder of Imgur, the world's largest image hosting site. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Alexis Ohanian American entrepreneur and angel investor best known for investing in Reddit. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Amanda Chessell Computer scientist and engineer at IBM known for software inventions and innovation of development tools. Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Amber Macarthur Canadian television and netcasting personality well known for the Call for Help series. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, 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 |
 | Andrew Baron Creator of Rocketboom, Know Your Meme and the video aggregator site, Magma. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andrew Kaluzniacki Software engineer and game engine developer. Category: Engineer, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Andrew Plotkin Interactive fiction writer known as Zarf. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Andrew Sullivan British author, editor, and one of the first political bloggers. Category: Editor, Manager, 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 |
 | Arianna Huffington Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Barrett Brown American activist, author, and founder of Project PM. Category: Convict, Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Becky Worley American journalist and broadcaster best known for being TechLive's Computer Security Analyst. Category: Analyst, Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ben Hammersley British Internet technologist, journalist, author, and broadcaster. Category: Editor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bill Kendrick American software developer known for creating and maintaining Tux Paint. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bill Pytlovany Computer and network security program developer know as author of WinPatrol program. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Blake Ross American software developer known for his work on the Mozilla web browser and for starting the Mozilla Firefox project. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bob Rosenschein American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and founder of Answers.com. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Brad Fitzpatrick Creator of LiveJournal and author of various free software projects such as OpenID and memcached. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 Eno Creator of the six-second start-up music sound of the Windows 95 operating system and the Prophecy Theme in the film Dune. Category: Composer, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Brian Tong Former host and senior editor for CNET TV's the Apple Byte, Prizefight, Tap That App & How-To's. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Chad Hurley Co-founder of YouTube. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Chris Dewolfe American entrepreneur and former CEO and co-creator of Myspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Chris Pirillo Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Chris Wetherell CEO of Avocado and developer who help start Google Reader. Category: CEO, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Cindy Bates Vice president of SMB (Small-to-Midsized Business) at Microsoft Company. Category: Female, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Clay Shirky American writer, consultant, lecturer, and teacher. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Dan Kaminsky American security researcher and chief scientist of White Ops. Category: Hacker, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dan Kaufman Director of the Information Innovation Office at DARPA. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Danah Boyd Social media scholar, youth researcher and advocate who works at Microsoft Research. Category: Female, Manager, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Danese Cooper Open source diva and American computer programmer. Category: Director, Female, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, 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 |
 | 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 Hansson Danish computer programmer and creator of Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 Wise British video game music composer known for his work on Nintendo's Donkey Kong Country series. Category: Composer, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Derek Gehl Internet marketing strategist, software developer, e-commerce columnist and seminar speaker. Category: Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Don Syme Australian born computer scientist and creator of the F# programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Donna Dubinsky American Businesswoman who helped with the development of PDAs at Palm. Category: CEO, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Ed Bott Award-winning journalist and one of the most recognized voices in the computing world. Category: Editor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Edward Tufte American statistician and professor. Category: Coined, Manager, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Edwin Catmull Computer scientist and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. Category: Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Elon Musk Founder of SpaceX, and co-founder of Tesla Motors. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Eric Raymond American computer programmer, author, and open source software advocate. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Eric Schmidt CEO of Google. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ethan Zuckerman American Internet activist, media scholar, blogger, and author. Category: Coined, Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Evan Williams Co-founder of Twitter and blogger. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Felix Kjellberg Swedish video game commentator on YouTube. Category: Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Gabe Newell Producer of the first three releases of Windows and co-founder of Valve. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Garry Kasparov Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. Category: Grandmaster, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Gary Mcgraw American computer scientist and Internet technology author. Category: Manager, Personality, Scientist, Twitter, 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 |
 | Grady Booch American software engineer known for developing UML (Unified Modeling Language). Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Guido Van Rossum Author of the Python programming language. Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Guy Kawasaki Silicon valley venture capitalist, author, and Apple Fellow. Category: Director, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Harry Mccracken Technology writer and editor. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Hugh Herr American biophysicist and designer of specialized prostheses. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Igor Sysoev Russian software developer known for creating Nginx. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jack Dorsey Creator of Twitter and founder of Square. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Jan Koum American computer engineer and Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of WhatsApp. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jane Jensen American game designer and writer known for the Gabriel Knight adventure games. Category: Director, Father, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Jenni Flinders American born vice president of the U.S. Partner Group at Microsoft. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, 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 |
 | Jeri Ellsworth American self-taught computer chip designer and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Female, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jerry Shen Entrepreneur and creator of fantasy sports app Bignoggins. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jim Hall Computer programmer and advocate for free software known for his work on FreeDOS. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 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 Doerr American venture capitalist widely regarded as one of the top technology venture capitalists in the world. Category: Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Dvorak American columnist and broadcasters in the areas of technology and computing. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Eulenberg Professor Emeritus at Michigan State who created Stevie Wonder's first talking and signing computer (1975). Category: Manager, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Markoff New York Times journalist and author of Takedown book about Kevin Mitnick. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, 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 Resig Computer programmer and entrepreneur known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 Shedletsky American game developer and designer and former creative director at ROBLOX. Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | John Vittal Computer programmer who's credited with transforming the old e-mail system into the highly user-friendly tool. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 Radoff American author, entrepreneur, and game designer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Gamer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jonathan Blow American independent videogame developer and creator of the game Braid. Category: Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Justin Rattner Corporate vice president, chief technology officer (CTO) and director of Intel Labs. Category: Director, Manager, President, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Justine Ezarik American Internet personality, lifecaster, and viral video comedian. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kara Swisher American technology columnist and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ken Goldberg American writer, artist, inventor, and researcher in Robotics. Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ken Mccarthy American entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, Writer, and sponsor |
 | 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 Mitnick Computer security consultant, author, and hacker. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Poulsen Former black hat hacker known for his telephone takeover hack to win a Porsche 944 S2 car. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kevin Rose Co-founder of Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kim Komando Host of an American talk radio program The Kim Komando Show which covers personal computers. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kim Stevenson Vice president and chief information officer of Intel. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kimberly Bryant Senior biotech manager and founder of Black Girls Code. Category: African American, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Ellison Founder of Oracle. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Press Professor of Information Systems at California State University. Category: Editor, Manager, Professor, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Sanger American online knowledge organizer and co-founder of Wikipedia. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Smarr Physicist and leader in scientific computing, supercomputer applications, and Internet infrastructure. Category: Director, Manager, Physicist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Tesler American computer scientist and inventor of copy and paste. Category: Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Larry Wall Original developer of Perl. Category: Manager, Programmer, 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 |
 | Lee Felsenstein One of the original founders of the Homebrew computer club. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Lee Sanghyeok Professional League of Legends computer game player. Category: Gamer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Leo Laporte American technology broadcaster, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Category: Editor, Entrepreneur, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Linus Torvalds Original developer of Linux. Category: Hacker, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Lynn Conway American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor who invented the generalized dynamic instruction handling. Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Twitter, 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 |
 | Marissa Mayer Former Google vice president and Yahoo CEO. Category: CEO, Engineer, Female, Manager, President, Twitter, 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 |
 | Markus Persson Developer of the game Minecraft. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Marques Brownlee American video producer, tech-reviewer, and YouTube star. Category: African American, Manager, Personality, President, 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 |
 | Martin Fowler Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Foley Writer for the tech industry, including ZDNet and frequent quest on radio, TV, and podcasts. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, 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 |
 | Mat Honan Media innovator, and senior writer with WIRED magazine. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Matt Cutts American software engineer and former head of the webspam team at Google. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Matt Mullenweg American online social media entrepreneur and founding developer of WordPress. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Meg Whitman American business executive and president of Hewlett-Packard. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Megan Smith Vice president, Google[x] at Google and former vice president of business development. Category: CEO, Manager, Personality, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mg Siegler American venture capitalist and writer and columnist for TechCrunch. Category: Investor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 Robertson Founder and former CEO of MP3.com, a popular Internet music site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Miguel Icaza Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, 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 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 |
 | Mikko Hypponen Computer security expert and columnist for Wired. Category: Manager, 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 |
 | Molly Holzschlag American author, lecturer, and advocate for the Open Web. Category: Female, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Molly Wood Executive editor at CNET.com. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Nate Silver American statistician, sabermetrician, psephologist, and writer of FiveThirtyEight blog. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Neil Tyson American astrophysicist and science communicator and former host of NOVA ScienceNow. Category: African American, Director, Manager, Personality, Physicist, Twitter, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Patrick Mcgovern Chairman, and founder of IDG (International Data Group). Category: Chairman, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Patrick Norton Former managing editor and co-host of The Screen Savers. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, 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 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 King Australian software developer, scientist, and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Mockapetris American Internet pioneer and computer scientist and creator of the Internet Domain Name System. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Paul Thurrott Technology blogger, author, podcaster, and news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Twitter, 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 Molyneux English video game designer and game programmer. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Peter Tattam Software developer known for authoring Trumpet Winsock. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Philip Emeagwali Nigerian-born computer scientist known for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer. Category: African American, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Phillip Rosedale American entrepreneur and founder of Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Quentin Staffordfraser British computer scientist who helped create the first webcam. Category: Manager, Scientist, Twitter, 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 |
 | Randy Wigginton Programmer and one of Apple Computer's first employee number 6. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rasmus Lerdorf Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship best known as the creator of the PHP scripting language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ray Ozzie American software industry entrepreneur and chief technical officer at Microsoft. Category: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Richard Branson English business magnate and investor and founder of Virgin Group. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Richard Harper British sociologist and principle researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. Category: Manager, Professor, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Richard Skrenta Computer programmer and creator of search engine blekko. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Richard Yoo American entrepreneur and founder of web hosting company Rackspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rob Auten Author of video games including Battlefield: Hardline and Gears of War: Judgement. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Rob Kalin Online handmade and vintage marketplace founded in the year 2005. Category: Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 Martin Consulting firm that specializes in training clients in Java, C++, OOP. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Robert Scoble American blogger, author, and technical evangelist who runs Scobleizer. Category: Manager, Twitter, Writer, and sponsor |
 | Roger Moore Professor of spoken language processing in the Speech and Hearing Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Category: Manager, Professor, Twitter, 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Saadia Muzaffar Marketing, sales, and business executive and organizer of Startup Weekends. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Salman Khan American educator, entrepreneur, and founder of the Khan Academy. Category: Analyst, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 Kurtzig Software management firm and former CEO of the ASK Group. Category: CEO, Female, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sarah Lane American television and Internet personality. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Satya Nadella Indian-American business executive and current CEO (chief executive officer) of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Scott Guthrie Known for his work on ASP.NET. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, 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 |
 | Shawn Fanning Computer programmer and co-founder of Napster. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sheryl Sandberg American businesswoman and chief operating officer of Facebook. Category: Female, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Shigeru Miyamoto Video game designer and producer known for many successful video game franchises, including Donkey Kong. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Shyam Sankar Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Palantir Technologies. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Stephen Wolfram Founder of Wolfram|Alpha. Category: Founder, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Ballmer CEO of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Case Co-founder of America Online (AOL). Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, Twitter, 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 Kirsch American computer scientist and entrepreneur known for inventing the optical mouse. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Mann Researcher and inventor known for his work on computational photography and wearable computing. Category: Editor, Father, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple and Father of the Apple computer. Category: CEO, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Steven Sinofsky President of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 through his departure on November 12, 2012. Category: Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Stewart Cheifet Television host and producer of Computer Chronicles. Category: Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Stuart Cheshire Senior Scientist at Apple Computer and author of Mac multi-player game Bolo who Pioneered Zeroconf networking. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sue Gardner Canadian journalist and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (2007-2013). Category: Director, Female, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sugata Mitra Professor at Newcastle University in England known for his Hole in the Wall project. Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Susan Decker American business executive and former president of Yahoo! Inc. Category: Analyst, Director, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Susan Dumais Principal Researcher in the CLUES (Context, Learning, and User Experience for Search) Group of Microsoft Research. Category: Female, Manager, Professor, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Susan Wojcicki American businesswoman and CEO of YouTube. Category: CEO, Female, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Theodore Tso American software developer known for his work on the Linux kernel. Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tiffany Shlain American Internet pioneer, filmmaker, author, and founder of the Webby Awards. Category: CEO, Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tilly Blyth Computer historian and keeper of technologies and engineering at the Science Museum. Category: Editor, 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 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 |
 | Tom Merritt Broadcaster and technology journalist. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, 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 |
 | Veronica Belmont Co-host of Revision3 Tekzilla. Category: Editor, Female, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Vinod Khosla American businessman, billionaire and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Walter Mossberg American journalist and writer who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ward Christensen First BBS (bulletin board system) ever brought online (1978). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, 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 Davidow American engineer, author, marketing executive, and venture capitalist. Category: Engineer, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | William Gibson Speculative fiction novelist who help create cyberpunk subgenre. Category: Coined, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | William Stallings American Computer Science, Cryptography and Security textbook author. Category: Manager, Twitter, 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 |
 | Yukihiro Matsumoto Japanese computer scientist and software programmer known as the lead designer of the Ruby programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Zeev Suraski Israeli programmer who created PHP 3 in 1997, a server-side scripting computer programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer |