Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi (/sɪˈmoʊni/; Hungarian: Simonyi Károly, pronounced [ˈʃimoɲi ˈkaːroj]; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-born American software architect. He started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office.[1]
He founded and led Intentional Software.[2][3][4]
In April 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard Soyuz TMA-14, he made a second trip to the International Space Station.
His net worth is US$3.3 billion.[5][6] He was born in Budapest.
References
- ↑ Lohr, Steve (2002-09-17). A Microsoft Pioneer Leaves to Strike Out on His Own. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE2DA1730F934A2575AC0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=Charles%20Simonyi&st=cse. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ Simonyi, C.. The Future is Intentional. Computer 32 (5) (1999). p. 56–57. doi:10.1109/MC.1999.762800.
- ↑ Aitken, W.. Proceedings. Fifth International Conference on Software Reuse (Cat. No.98TB100203) (1998). p. 114–123. ISBN 0-8186-8377-5. doi:10.1109/ICSR.1998.685736.
- ↑ Simonyi, C.. Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applications - OOPSLA '06 (2006). p. 451. ISBN 1595933484. doi:10.1145/1167473.1167511.
- ↑ "The World's Billionaires — #538 Charles Simonyi". Forbes. 2020. https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-simonyi/#38758056639c. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ Charles SimonyiComputer History Museum. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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