Charles Simonyi

$8.4B

Details

Born: September 10, 1948, Budapest, Hungary
UID: p-charlessimonyi

Education

- UC Berkeley (BS Mathematics) - Stanford University (PhD Computer Science)

Background

- Microsoft (1981-2002) - Led development of Microsoft Word and Excel - Father of "Hungarian notation" programming convention - Founded Intentional Software (2002-2017, acquired by Microsoft) - Only civilian to travel to space twice (2007, 2009) via Soyuz - Previously dated Martha Stewart (2006-2008) - Emigrated from Hungary as teenager - Early career at Xerox PARC - Board Seats: Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) - LinkedIn: N/A