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Joel Spolsky

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Avram Joel Spolsky (Hebrew: אברם יואל ספולסקי; born 1965) is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software Trello. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Spolsky is the 870th most popular businessperson (down from 792nd in 2024), the 17,143rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,491st in 2019) and the 310th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Joel Spolsky ranks 870 out of 847. Before him are Vadim Brovtsev, Chris Wright, Olivia Palermo, Linda Pétursdóttir, Liang Wenfeng, and Alexis Ohanian. After him are Ursula Burns, Chris Anderson, Tom Hicks, Indu Jain, Ben Horowitz, and Whitney Wolfe Herd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Joel Spolsky ranks 1,058. Before him are Kadeem Hardison, Andrew Crosby, Marcia Gudereit, Tony Wegas, Cecilia Wikström, and Aramis Naglić. After him are Mike Dean, Rubén Darío Hernández, Michelle Stafford, Avery Johnson, Małgorzata Handzlik, and Zsolt Borkai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Spolsky ranks 17,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Taylor Dent (1981), Shani Davis (1982), Caleb McLaughlin (2001), Shane Douglas (1964), Steven Holcomb (1980), and James D. Halsell (1956). After him are Dorothy Peterson (1897), Nicole Arendt (1969), Lisa Fernandez (1971), CeCe Winans (1964), Michele Greene (1962), and Richard Patrick (1968).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Joel Spolsky ranks 310. Before him are Neal Mohan (1973), Terri Irwin (1964), Brian Krzanich (1960), Chris Wright (1965), Olivia Palermo (1986), and Alexis Ohanian (1983). After him are Ursula Burns (1958), Tom Hicks (1946), Whitney Wolfe Herd (1989), Randi Zuckerberg (1982), Julie Sweet (null), and Abby Lee Miller (1965).

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