Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth was born 18 September 1978. He is a South African business person. He is the founder and CEO (chief executive officer) of a company called Canonical. [1]He the first South African and African in space. In 2002, He bought himself his space travel for 9 days.[2][3][4] He is also the leader of the Ubuntu project.[1]
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 Shuttleworth in Dublin, 2011 | |
| Born | Mark Richard Shuttleworth 18 September 1973 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | South African and British |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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Mark Shuttleworth Media
Insignia for the Soyuz TM-34 mission to the International Space Station. In this version: Converted to PNG format, background removed, and other minor optimizations.
Official crew patch of Soyuz TM-33
Shuttleworth speaking in 2009
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canonical". Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Nasa makes space tourism U-turn". BBC News Online. 12 December 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1706176.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2012. "approval to plans to make the South African internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth".
- ↑ "Space tourist lifts off". BBC News Online. 25 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1945950.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2012. "South African internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth is heading for a short stay".
- ↑ "International Space Station: Soyuz 3 Taxi Flight Crew: Mark Richard Shuttleworth". 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 4 February 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
Mark was born on 18 September 1973 in mining town Welkom, in South Africa's Free State province