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Linus Torvalds

Fellow at Linux Foundation

Portland

29+ years of work experience

Linux Foundation
Jul 200323 yrs 1 moPresent

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
Jul 20033 yrs 6 mosDec 2006

Previous name for the Linux Foundation, before the merger with LSB
Transmeta Corp
Mar 19976 yrs 4 mosJun 2003

Education

University of Helsinki

MSc, Computer Science

University of Helsinki

19897 yrs1996
University of Helsinki

Honorary Doctorate, Computer Science

University of Helsinki

19888 yrs1996

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Headline

Fellow at Linux Foundation

About

Main Linux kernel developer since 1991, still active maintainer. Original architect and author of the 'Git' source control management system, still active in development but no longer the primary maintainer. Specialties: System programming - Linux and git

Location

Portland

Work experience

Fellow at Linux Foundation, Jul 2003 - Present · 23 yrs 1 mo

Fellow at Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), Jul 2003 - Dec 2006 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Previous name for the Linux Foundation, before the merger with LSB

Fellow at Transmeta Corp, Mar 1997 - Jun 2003 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Education

MSc, Computer Science, University of Helsinki

Honorary Doctorate, Computer Science, University of Helsinki