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Mark Shuttleworth Biography

Mark Shuttleworth is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on September 18, 1973 in Welkom, Free State, South Africa. The creator of the well-known Ubuntu Open-source Operating System. It was his first African man to launch into space.

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Born in Welkom in South Africa’s Orange Free State to a surgeon and a nursery-school teacher, Shuttleworth attended school at Western Province Preparatory School (where he eventually became Head Boy in 1986), followed by one term at Rondebosch Boys’ High School, and then at Bishops/Diocesan College, where he was Head Boy in 1991. Shuttleworth obtained a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Finance and Information Systems at the University of Cape Town, where he lived in Smuts Hall. As a student, he became involved in the installation of the first residential Internet connections at the university.

In the 1990s, Shuttleworth participated as one of the developers of the Debian operating system.

The place he was raised is Welkom, South Africa, his father being a surgeon, his mother was a teacher.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In September 2000, Shuttleworth formed HBD Venture Capital (Here be Dragons), a business incubator and venture capital provider. In March 2004 he formed Canonical Ltd., for the promotion and commercial support of free software projects, especially the Ubuntu operating system. In December 2009, Shuttleworth stepped down as the CEO of Canonical Ltd, Jane Silber took Canonical CEO position. Shuttleworth resumed the position of CEO of Canonical in July 2017 at the end of Silber’s tenure.

Mark Shuttleworth Net Worth

Mark Shuttleworth is one of the richest Entrepreneur from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Shuttleworth's net worth $500 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He created Canonical Ltd. after creating Ubuntu to offer commercial support for his software.

He also established and sold for over $500 million an Internet security firm. He also used a portion of that money to ride on the Soyuz spaceship.

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. In 2002, he became the first South African to travel to space as a space tourist. He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.

In 2001, he formed the Shuttleworth Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to social innovation which also funds educational, free, and open source software projects in South Africa, such as the Freedom Toaster.

Shuttleworth gained worldwide fame on 25 April 2002, as the second self-funded space tourist and the first-ever South African in space. Flying through Space Adventures, he launched aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-34 mission as a spaceflight participant, paying approximately US$20,000,000 (equivalent to $28,429,232 in 2019) for the voyage. Two days later, the Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station, where he spent eight days participating in experiments related to AIDS and genome research. On 5 May 2002, he returned to Earth on Soyuz TM-33. In order to participate in the flight, Shuttleworth had to undergo one year of training and preparation, including seven months spent in Star City, Russia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1995, Shuttleworth founded Thawte Consulting, a company which specialized in digital certificates and Internet security. In December 1999, Shuttleworth sold Thawte to VeriSign, earning Shuttleworth R3.5 billion (US$575 million, equivalent to $831 million in 2018).

In 2005, he founded the Ubuntu Foundation and made an initial investment of 10 million dollars. In the Ubuntu project, Shuttleworth is often referred to with the tongue-in-cheek title “Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life” (SABDFL). To come up with a list of names of people to hire for the project, Shuttleworth took six months of Debian mailing list archives with him while travelling to Antarctica aboard the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in early 2004. In September 2005, he purchased a 65% stake of Impi Linux.

Who is Mark Shuttleworth Dating?

According to our records, Mark Shuttleworth is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Mark Shuttleworth’s is not dating anyone.

In 2004, he returned to the free software world by funding the development of Ubuntu, a Linux distribution based on Debian, through his company Canonical Ltd.

Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Mark Shuttleworth celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

On 15 October 2006, it was announced that Mark Shuttleworth became the first patron of KDE, the highest level of sponsorship available. This relationship ended in 2012, together with financial support for Kubuntu, the Ubuntu variant with KDE as main desktop.

What made Mark Shuttleworth famous?

Shuttleworth gained worldwide fame on 25 April 2002, as the second self-funded space tourist and the first South African in space.

What has happened to Mark Shuttleworth?

What is Mark Shuttleworth doing now? Mark Shuttleworth 2020 latest news has it that he is currently in London running his IT empire. Besides, he is still involved in his charity organizations to try to bring change in Africa. He is also involved in other businesses that he runs daily.

What did Mark Shuttleworth do for South Africa?

Mark Shuttleworth, (born September 18, 1973, Welkom, South Africa), South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist who became the first South African in space.

How did Mark Shuttleworth start his business?

In 1995, as a student, Mark founded Thawte Consulting, an internet security company that specialises in digital certificates and internet security. Thawte became a leader in Internet security for electronic commerce. However, in 1999, Mark sold the company to VeriSign, a U.S based company and earned about $575 million.

What is the meaning of Ubuntu?

According to his explanation, ubuntu means “I am, because you are“. In fact, the word ubuntu is just part of the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu”, which literally means that a person is a person through other people.

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