Computer pioneers and people on X

Below is a listing of computer pioneers and people that have helped the computer industry that are on X (formerly Twitter). Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.

	Aaron Greenspan Creator of Think Computer Corporation and alleged co-inventor of Facebook. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Aaron Levie American entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of cloud company Box. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Al Gore American politician, advocate, author, philanthropist, and environmental activist. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Al Lowe American programmer, and game designer known for the Leisure Suit Larry game series. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Alan Emtage Developer for Archie the first search engine. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Alan Schaaf Founder of Imgur, the world's largest image hosting site. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Alexis Ohanian American entrepreneur and angel investor best known for investing in Reddit. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Amanda Chessell Computer scientist and engineer at IBM known for software inventions and innovation of development tools. Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Amber Macarthur Canadian television and netcasting personality well known for the Call for Help series. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Anand Shimpi American businessman and founder of AnandTech website. Category: CEO, Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Andi Gutmans Israeli programmer and entrepreneur and PHP developer (created PHP 3 in 1997). Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Andrew Baron Creator of Rocketboom, Know Your Meme and the video aggregator site, Magma. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Andrew Kaluzniacki Software engineer and game engine developer. Category: Engineer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Andrew Mccollum Co-founder of Facebook and an angel investor. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Andrew Ng Associate professor of the Department of Computer Science at Stanford and co-founder of Coursera. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Andrew Plotkin Interactive fiction writer known as Zarf. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Andrew Sullivan British author, editor, and one of the first political bloggers. Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Andy Rubin Co-founder and former CEO of Danger Inc. and Android Inc. Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Angie Hicks Co-founder and CMO of Angie's List. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Arianna Huffington Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Barrett Brown American activist, author, and founder of Project PM. Category: Convict, Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Becky Worley American journalist and broadcaster best known for being TechLive's Computer Security Analyst. Category: Analyst, Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Ben Hammersley British Internet technologist, journalist, author, and broadcaster. Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Bill Kendrick American software developer known for creating and maintaining Tux Paint. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Bill Pytlovany Computer and network security program developer know as author of WinPatrol program. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Blake Ross American software developer known for his work on the Mozilla web browser and for starting the Mozilla Firefox project. Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
	Bob Rosenschein American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and founder of Answers.com. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Brad Fitzpatrick Creator of LiveJournal and author of various free software projects such as OpenID and memcached. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Brad Templeton Software Architect and early pioneer of Usenet. Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Bram Cohen Author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol. Category: Founder, Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Brian Eno Creator of the six-second start-up music sound of the Windows 95 operating system and the Prophecy Theme in the film Dune. Category: Composer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Brian Reynolds American videogame designer known for his online social games on Facebook. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Brian Tong Former host and senior editor for CNET TV's the Apple Byte, Prizefight, Tap That App & How-To's. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Bruce Eckel Author and lecturer who has written numerous books and articles on computer programming. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Bruce Schneier American computer security specialist, cryptographer, and writer. Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Cali Lewis American podcaster and Internet personality. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Carolyn Meinel American hacker and author and specialist in script kiddie hacking. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	Chad Hurley Co-founder of YouTube. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Chris Dewolfe American entrepreneur and former CEO and co-creator of Myspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Manager, Writer, and X
	Chris Pirillo Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Chris Wetherell CEO of Avocado and developer who help start Google Reader. Category: CEO, Manager, Writer, and X
	Christopher Stone Co-founder and creative director of Twitter. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Christopher Weaver Software developer and game programmer and contributor to the real-time sports simulation technology. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Cindy Bates Vice president of SMB (Small-to-Midsized Business) at Microsoft Company. Category: Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Clay Shirky American writer, consultant, lecturer, and teacher. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dan Bricklin Creator of VisiCalc. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Dan Gillmor American technology writer, columnist, and teacher of digital media entrepreneurship. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dan Kaminsky American security researcher and chief scientist of White Ops. Category: Hacker, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Dan Kaufman Director of the Information Innovation Office at DARPA. Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
	Danah Boyd Social media scholar, youth researcher and advocate who works at Microsoft Research. Category: Female, Manager, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Danese Cooper Open source diva and American computer programmer. Category: Director, Female, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Daniel Ek Swedish entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the music streaming service Spotify. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Daniel Kottke Early Apple computer engineer who help assemble and test the first Apple I. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dave Winer American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer. Category: Editor, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	David Baszucki Massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	David Hansson Danish computer programmer and creator of Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	David Karp American web developer and founder of blogging platform, Tumblr. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	David Litchfield British computer security expert, database authority and author. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	David Wise British video game music composer known for his work on Nintendo's Donkey Kong Country series. Category: Composer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Demis Hassabis British artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, computer game designer and gamer. Category: Founder, Gamer, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Dennis Crowley American Internet entrepreneur known for co-founding Foursquare and Dodgeball. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Derek Gehl Internet marketing strategist, software developer, e-commerce columnist and seminar speaker. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Dick Costolo American businessman, entrepreneur, and CEO of Twitter. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dimitry Golubov Ukrainian hacker and founder of the Internet Party of Ukraine. Category: Convict, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Don Syme Australian born computer scientist and creator of the F# programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Donna Dubinsky American Businesswoman who helped develop PDAs at Palm. Category: CEO, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dov Moran Israeli engineer known for founding the company who invented the DiskOnKey thumb drive. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Drew Houston American Internet entrepreneur known for founding the online backup service Dropbox. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Dries Buytaert Open-source software programmer known as founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS (content management system). Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Ed Bott Award-winning journalist and one of the most recognized voices in the computing world. Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Edward Tufte American statistician and professor. Category: Coined, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Edwin Catmull Computer scientist and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. Category: Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Elon Musk Founder of SpaceX, and co-founder of Tesla Motors. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Eric Raymond American computer programmer, author, and open source software advocate. Category: Hacker, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Eric Schmidt CEO of Google. Category: CEO, Coined, Director, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Erik Cassel Administrator, and VP of Engineering of ROBLOX, a massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Ethan Zuckerman American Internet activist, media scholar, blogger, and author. Category: Coined, Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Evan Williams Co-founder of Twitter and blogger. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Felix Kjellberg Swedish video game commentator on YouTube. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Florian Brody Co-inventor of the first electronic books. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Frank Pearce Co-founder and executive vice president of product development of Blizzard Entertainment. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Gabe Newell Producer of the first three releases of Windows and co-founder of Valve. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Garry Kasparov Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. Category: Grandmaster, Manager, Writer, and X
	Gary Mcgraw American computer scientist and Internet technology author. Category: Manager, Personality, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Gerald Weinberg American computer scientist, author, and teacher. Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Gina Trapani American web developer, tech blogger, writer, and founder of the Lifehacker blog. Category: Female, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Grady Booch American software engineer known for developing UML (Unified Modeling Language). Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Guido Van Rossum Author of the Python programming language. Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Guy Kawasaki Silicon valley venture capitalist, author, and Apple Fellow. Category: Director, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Harry Mccracken Technology writer and editor. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Hugh Herr American biophysicist and designer of specialized prostheses. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Professor, Writer, and X
	Igor Sysoev Russian software developer known for creating Nginx. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jack Dorsey Creator of Twitter and founder of Square. Category: CEO, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jake Winebaum American entrepreneur and founder of FamilyFun magazine, Business.com, and Brighter.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Jakob Nielsen Computer engineer and web usability consultant. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jan Koum American computer engineer and Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of WhatsApp. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jane Jensen American game designer and writer known for the Gabriel Knight adventure games. Category: Director, Father, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Jason Scott American archivist, filmmaker and technology historian. Category: Director, Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jason Shellen Thing Labs and developed Blogger. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jeffrey Skoll Canadian engineer and Internet entrepreneur known for being the first employee and president of eBay. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Jenni Flinders American born vice president of the U.S. Partner Group at Microsoft. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Jennifer Pahlka Founder and Executive Director of Code for America and U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Category: Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jeri Ellsworth American self-taught computer chip designer and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Female, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jerry Shen Entrepreneur and creator of fantasy sports app Bignoggins. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jim Hall Computer programmer and advocate for free software known for his work on FreeDOS. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Jimmy Wales American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Joe Belfiore Corporate vice president of Operating Systems Group and Windows Phone at Microsoft. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	John Carmack American game programmer and founder of Id Software. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	John Collison Irish student and Internet entrepreneur known for co-founding Stripe. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	John Doerr American venture capitalist widely regarded as one of the top technology venture capitalists in the world. Category: Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	John Dvorak American columnist and broadcasters in the areas of technology and computing. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, President, Writer, and X
	John Eulenberg Professor Emeritus at Michigan State who created Stevie Wonder's first talking and signing computer (1975). Category: Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	John Markoff New York Times journalist and author of Takedown book about Kevin Mitnick. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	John Mcafee American computer programmer and founder of McAfee and one of the first to design antivirus software. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	John Resig Computer programmer and entrepreneur known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	John Romero Co-founder of id Software and designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom, and Quake. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	John Shedletsky American game developer and designer and former creative director at ROBLOX. Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, Writer, and X
	John Vittal Computer programmer who's credited with transforming the old e-mail system into the highly user-friendly tool. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Johnathan Wendel Considered to be the world's first prominent and accomplished professional computer gamer. Category: Founder, Gamer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jon Radoff American author, entrepreneur, and game designer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Gamer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Jonathan Blow American independent videogame developer and creator of the game Braid. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Julian Assange Editor, activist, computer programmer, and hacker best known as the founder of WikiLeaks. Category: Editor, Founder, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Justin Frankel American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Justin Kan American Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Justin.tv and TwitchTV. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Justin Rattner Corporate vice president, chief technology officer (CTO) and director of Intel Labs. Category: Director, Manager, President, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Justine Ezarik American Internet personality, lifecaster, and viral video comedian. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Kara Swisher American technology columnist and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Ken Goldberg American writer, artist, inventor, and researcher in Robotics. Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Ken Mccarthy American entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, X, and sponsor
	Kevin Kelly Founder, and executive editor of WIRED magazine and former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Kevin Mitnick Computer security consultant, author, and hacker. Category: Convict, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Kevin Poulsen Former black hat hacker known for his telephone takeover hack to win a Porsche 944 S2 car. Category: Editor, Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	Kevin Rose Co-founder of Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Kim Komando Host of an American talk radio program The Kim Komando Show which covers personal computers. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Kim Stevenson Vice president and chief information officer of Intel. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Kimberly Bryant Senior biotech manager and founder of Black Girls Code. Category: African American, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Larry Ellison Founder of Oracle. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Larry Press Professor of Information Systems at California State University. Category: Editor, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Larry Sanger American online knowledge organizer and co-founder of Wikipedia. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Larry Smarr Physicist and leader in scientific computing, supercomputer applications, and Internet infrastructure. Category: Director, Manager, Physicist, Writer, and X
	Larry Tesler American computer scientist and inventor of copy and paste. Category: Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Larry Wall Original developer of Perl. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Lars Rasmussen Danish-born computer scientist, software developer and co-founder of Google Maps. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Lee Felsenstein One of the original founders of the Homebrew computer club. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Lee Sanghyeok Professional League of Legends computer game player. Category: Gamer, Manager, Writer, and X
	Leo Laporte American technology broadcaster, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Category: Editor, Entrepreneur, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Linus Torvalds Original developer of Linux. Category: Hacker, Manager, Writer, and X
	Lou Montulli Programmer known for his work in producing web browsers, namely Lynx and Netscape. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Lynn Conway American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor who invented the generalized dynamic instruction handling. Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Marc Canter CEO of Broadband Mechanics and previously founder of MacroMind, the company that became Macromedia. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Marissa Mayer Former Google vice president and Yahoo CEO. Category: CEO, Engineer, Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Mark Cuban American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and owner of NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Mark Kriegsman American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, writer, and Director of Engineering at Veracode. Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Mark Pincus Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Markus Persson Developer of the game Minecraft. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Marques Brownlee American video producer, tech-reviewer, and YouTube star. Category: African American, Manager, Personality, President, Writer, and X
	Martha Fox English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Martin Cooper Inventor of the handheld mobile phone, the start of what we know as the cell phone today. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Martin Fowler Pioneer of modern software development techniques. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Mary Foley Writer for the tech industry, including ZDNet and frequent quest on radio, TV, and podcasts. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Mary Jepsen Leader of the Display Division at Google X Lab and co-founder of One Laptop per Child. Category: Female, Founder, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Mat Honan Media innovator, and senior writer with WIRED magazine. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Matt Cutts American software engineer and former head of the webspam team at Google. Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Matt Mullenweg American online social media entrepreneur and founding developer of WordPress. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Meg Whitman American business executive and president of Hewlett-Packard. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Megan Smith Vice president, Google[x] at Google and former vice president of business development. Category: CEO, Manager, Personality, President, Writer, and X
	Mg Siegler American venture capitalist and writer and columnist for TechCrunch. Category: Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Michael Hawley Educator, scientist, artist, and researcher working in the field of digital media. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Researcher, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Michael Robertson Founder and former CEO of MP3.com, a popular Internet music site. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Miguel Icaza Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Mihai Parparita Software engineer at Google and founding member of the Google Reader development team. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Mike Berlyn American video game designer and writer. Category: Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Mike Morhaime Co-founder, CEO, and president of video game developer Blizzard Entertainment. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Mikko Hypponen Computer security expert and columnist for Wired. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Minh Nguyen Disputed co-founder of Plaxo and murder suspect. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Mitchell Kapor Founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Mochio Umeda Japanese IT enterprise management consultant, author, and one of the most well-known commentators on IT. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Molly Holzschlag American author, lecturer, and advocate for the Open Web. Category: Female, Manager, Writer, and X
	Molly Wood Executive editor at CNET.com. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Nate Silver American statistician, sabermetrician, psephologist, and writer of FiveThirtyEight blog. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Nathan Emberton Founder of Computer Hope. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Neil Tyson American astrophysicist and science communicator and former host of NOVA ScienceNow. Category: African American, Director, Manager, Personality, Physicist, Writer, and X
	Noah Glass Founder of Twitter. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Nolan Bushnell American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Oren Etzioni American entrepreneur, professor and CEO of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Category: CEO, Coined, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Patrick Mcgovern Chairman, and founder of IDG (International Data Group). Category: Chairman, Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Patrick Norton Former managing editor and co-host of The Screen Savers. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Patrick Volkerding Software engineer and founder of the Slackware Linux distribution. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Paul Allen Co-founder of Microsoft. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Paul Graham Venture capitalist, and essayist known for his work on Lisp (a family of computer programming languages). Category: Founder, Hacker, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Paul King Australian software developer, scientist, and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Paul Mockapetris American Internet pioneer and computer scientist and creator of the Internet Domain Name System. Category: Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Paul Thurrott Technology blogger, author, podcaster, and news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Pete Cashmore Scottish entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Mashable. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Peter Diamandis American engineer, physician, author, Intel entrepreneur and founder of X PRIZE Foundation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Peter Eckersley Pioneer best known for helping to create Let's Encrypt while at EFF. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Peter Molyneux English video game designer and game programmer. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Peter Tattam Software developer known for authoring Trumpet Winsock. Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
	Philip Emeagwali Nigerian-born computer scientist known for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer. Category: African American, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Phillip Rosedale American entrepreneur and founder of Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Quentin Staffordfraser British computer scientist who helped create the first webcam. Category: Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Rahul Sood Founder of VoodooPC and former chief technology officer for HP Global Voodoo Business Unit. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Randy Wigginton Programmer and one of Apple Computer's first employee number 6. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Rasmus Lerdorf Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship best known as the creator of the PHP scripting language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Ray Ozzie American software industry entrepreneur and chief technical officer at Microsoft. Category: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Reid Hoffman American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author known as the co-founder of LinkedIn. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Richard Branson English business magnate and investor and founder of Virgin Group. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Richard Harper British sociologist and principle researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. Category: Manager, Professor, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Richard Skrenta Computer programmer and creator of search engine blekko. Category: Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Richard Yoo American entrepreneur and founder of web hosting company Rackspace. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Rob Auten Author of video games including Battlefield: Hardline and Gears of War: Judgement. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Rob Kalin Online handmade and vintage marketplace founded in the year 2005. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Robert Enderle American technology analyst and labeled as the most quoted technology analysts in the media. Category: Analyst, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Robert Martin Consulting firm that specializes in training clients in Java, C++, OOP. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Robert Scoble American blogger, author, and technical evangelist who runs Scobleizer. Category: Manager, Writer, X, and sponsor
	Roger Moore Professor of spoken language processing in the Speech and Hearing Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Category: Manager, Professor, Writer, and X
	Ronald Wayne American electronics industry worker and co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Rosalind Picard Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. Category: Director, Female, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Professor, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Ryan Block Technology journalist, critic, former editor of Engadget, and co-founder of gdgt. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Ryan Shrout Founder, owner, operator, and editor-in-chief of PC Perspective. Category: Editor, Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Saadia Muzaffar Marketing, sales, and business executive and organizer of Startup Weekends. Category: Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Salman Khan American educator, entrepreneur, and founder of the Khan Academy. Category: Analyst, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Sam Schillace One of the founders of Writely, which was sold to Google for Google Docs. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Samy Kamkar Computer security researcher known for creating Evercookie. Category: Founder, Manager, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Sandra Kurtzig Software management firm and former CEO of the ASK Group. Category: CEO, Female, Manager, Writer, and X
	Sarah Lane American television and Internet personality. Category: Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Satya Nadella Indian-American business executive and current CEO (chief executive officer) of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Scott Guthrie Known for his work on ASP.NET. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Scott Mcnealy American businessman and co-founded computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Sebastian Thrun Founder of Google X, home to projects like the Google self-driving car and Google Glass. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Shawn Fanning Computer programmer and co-founder of Napster. Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Sheryl Sandberg American businesswoman and chief operating officer of Facebook. Category: Female, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Shigeru Miyamoto Video game designer and producer known for many successful video game franchises, including Donkey Kong. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Shyam Sankar Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Palantir Technologies. Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
	Simon Phipps And open source advocate and founder of IBM's Java Technology Center. Category: CEO, Founder, Manager, President, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Sky Dayton American entrepreneur, founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies and founder and chairman of Boingo. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Sophia Bekele Business and corporate executive and Executive Director and Founder of DotConnectAfrica Trust. Category: CEO, Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Stephen Wolfram Founder of Wolfram|Alpha. Category: Founder, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Steve Ballmer CEO of Microsoft. Category: CEO, Manager, Writer, and X
	Steve Case Co-founder of America Online (AOL). Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Steve Garfield Videographer, video blogging pioneer and co-founder of New Mediacracy podcast. Category: Founder, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Steve Gibson Computer enthusiast, software engineer and security researcher. Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Steve Kirsch American computer scientist and entrepreneur known for inventing the optical mouse. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Steve Mann Researcher and inventor known for his work on computational photography and wearable computing. Category: Editor, Father, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple and Father of the Apple computer. Category: CEO, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Steven Sinofsky President of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 through his departure on November 12, 2012. Category: Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Stewart Cheifet Television host and producer of Computer Chronicles. Category: Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Stuart Cheshire Senior Scientist at Apple Computer and author of Mac multi-player game Bolo who Pioneered Zeroconf networking. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Sue Gardner Canadian journalist and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (2007-2013). Category: Director, Female, Manager, Writer, and X
	Sugata Mitra Professor at Newcastle University in England known for his Hole in the Wall project. Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Susan Decker American business executive and former president of Yahoo! Inc. Category: Analyst, Director, Investor, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Susan Dumais Principal Researcher in the CLUES (Context, Learning, and User Experience for Search) Group of Microsoft Research. Category: Female, Manager, Professor, Researcher, Writer, and X
	Susan Wojcicki American businesswoman and CEO of YouTube. Category: CEO, Female, Manager, Writer, and X
	Theodore Tso American software developer known for his work on the Linux kernel. Category: Director, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tiffany Shlain American Internet pioneer, filmmaker, author, and founder of the Webby Awards. Category: CEO, Director, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tilly Blyth Computer historian and keeper of technologies and engineering at the Science Museum. Category: Editor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tim Berners-lee Father of the World Wide Web (WWW). Category: Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tim Bray Canadian software developer who helped create XML. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tim O'reilly Founder of O'Reilly Media. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tim Westergren Co-founder of Pandora and creator of Genome project. Category: Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tom Anderson Co-founder of Myspace. Category: Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Tom Hall American game designer who founded id Software where he served as creative director and designer. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Tom Merritt Broadcaster and technology journalist. Category: Editor, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Tony Fadell Known as the father of the Apple iPod. Category: Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Inventor, Investor, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	Tony Hsieh Venture capitalist and Internet entrepreneur who founded Zappos.com. Category: CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Veronica Belmont Co-host of Revision3 Tekzilla. Category: Editor, Female, Manager, Personality, Writer, and X
	Vinod Khosla American businessman, billionaire and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X
	Walter Mossberg American journalist and writer who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Ward Christensen First BBS (bulletin board system) ever brought online (1978). Category: Founder, Inventor, Manager, Writer, and X
	Will Wright Founder of Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts and helped develop such games as SimCity, Sims, and Spore. Category: Director, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	William Davidow American engineer, author, marketing executive, and venture capitalist. Category: Engineer, Investor, Manager, President, Writer, and X
	William Gibson Speculative fiction novelist who help create cyberpunk subgenre. Category: Coined, Manager, Writer, and X
	William Stallings American Computer Science, Cryptography and Security textbook author. Category: Manager, Writer, and X
	Xeni Jardin American digital media commentator, tech culture journalist, weblogger, and founder of Boing Boing. Category: Editor, Female, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Yancey Strickler American Internet entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter. Category: CEO, Editor, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Writer, and X
	Yukihiro Matsumoto Japanese computer scientist and software programmer known as the lead designer of the Ruby programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Writer, and X
	Zeev Suraski Israeli programmer who created PHP 3 in 1997, a server-side scripting computer programming language. Category: Manager, Programmer, Writer, and X

Computer Pioneers