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Mark Shuttleworth

1973 - Today

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Shuttleworth has received more than 1,474,219 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 61 in 2019). Mark Shuttleworth is the 549th most popular businessperson (down from 484th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Businessperson.

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  • 1.5M

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  • 46.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mark Shuttleworth ranks 549 out of 847. Before him are Leonid Mikhelson, Susan Kare, Yuri Milner, Kai-Fu Lee, Arianna Huffington, and Güler Sabancı. After him are Salt Bae, Jean-Dominique Senard, Kaz Hirai, Herb Kohl, Stafford Beer, and Christy Walton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Mark Shuttleworth ranks 200. Before him are Amr Waked, Cédric Villani, Milorad Mažić, Victoria Zdrok, Lene Nystrøm, and Kevin McKidd. After him are Daniel da Silva, Paddy Considine, Selahattin Demirtaş, Surya Bonaly, Yuri Shatunov, and Steven Ogg.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Mark Shuttleworth ranks 126 out of 454. Before him are Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), and Kevin Curren (1958). After him are Enoch Sontonga (1873), Belle Delphine (1999), Andrew Murray (1828), Frew McMillan (1942), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), and Janet Suzman (1939).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In South Africa

Among businesspeople born in South Africa, Mark Shuttleworth ranks 1. After him are Kimbal Musk (1972), and Ryk Neethling (1977).

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