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Mark Shuttleworth
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Mark Shuttleworth

Entrepreneur · Canonical Ltd. · born September 18, 1973

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Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.

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  1. 30Founded Canonical Ltd.March 5, 2004
  2. 36Named honorary doctorateSeptember 11, 2010

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