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Brian Acton

1972 - Today

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Brian Acton (born February 17, 1972) is an American business executive and computer programmer serving as the executive chairperson of Signal Technology Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018. Acton also serves as interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Signal Messenger LLC. He was formerly employed at Yahoo!. In 2009, Jan Koum and Acton co-founded WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for US$19 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Acton has received more than 2,995,150 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Brian Acton is the 187th most popular computer scientist (up from 197th in 2019), the 11,545th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,918th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brian Acton ranks 187 out of 245. Before him are Sugata Mitra, Edward F. Moore, Noga Alon, Andrew Morton, Pat Hanrahan, and Geir Ivarsøy. After him are Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Douglas Crockford, Erich Gamma, and Alan Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Brian Acton ranks 386. Before him are Jessica Hausner, Isabelle Faust, Catherine Siachoque, Takanohana Kōji, Hera Björk, and Olga Yegorova. After him are Darren Hayes, Sammi Cheng, Kalinikos Kreanga, Melissa Auf der Maur, Elyes Fakhfakh, and Alexander Borodai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 11,545 out of 20,380. Before him are Louie Bellson (1924), Bob Burns (1950), Robert Warwick (1878), Brian Stepanek (1971), Bert Vogelstein (1949), and Pauline Bush (1886). After him are William Hootkins (1948), Charles Lane (1905), Patrick Schwarzenegger (1993), Roy Hargrove (1969), Glen Benton (1967), and Charlie Barnet (1913).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 105. Before him are Ralph Merkle (1952), Dave Cutler (1942), Alan Cooper (1952), Peter Shor (1959), Henriette Avram (1919), and Edward F. Moore (1925). After him are Hans Reiser (1963), Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931), Douglas Crockford (1955), Paul Buchheit (1977), Craig Federighi (1969), and Nancy Lynch (1948).

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