Linus Torvalds

Quick Facts

Full Name	Linus Torvalds
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Dec 28, 1969(1969-12-28)
Age	55
Birthplace	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Birth City	Uusimaa
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Linus Torvalds Biography

Linus Torvalds is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland. He was a software engineer and the chief architect of the Linux kernel, which is a free and open-source software. He was also responsible for Subsurface and Git.

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Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ˈ l iː n ə s ˈ t ɔːr v ɔː l d z / LEE -nəs TOR -vawldz, Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ( listen ) ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS. He also created the distributed version control system Git and the scuba dive logging and planning software Subsurface.

Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki between 1988 and 1996, graduating with a master’s degree in computer science from the NODES research group. His academic career was interrupted after his first year of study when he joined the Finnish Army Uusimaa brigade, in the summer of 1989, selecting the 11-month officer training program to fulfill the mandatory military service of Finland. In the army he held the rank of Second Lieutenant, with the role of an artillery observer. Torvalds bought computer science professor Andrew Tanenbaum’s book Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, in which Tanenbaum describes MINIX, an educational stripped-down version of Unix. In 1990, he resumed his university studies, and was exposed to UNIX for the first time, in the form of a DEC MicroVAX running ULTRIX. His MSc thesis was titled Linux: A Portable Operating System.

He was married to Tove Torvalds, a six-time Finnish national karate champion.

Linus Torvalds Net Worth

Linus Torvalds is one of the richest Engineer from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Linus Torvalds 's net worth $150 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki. His thesis is entitled Linux: A Portable Operating System.

He was presented with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, and inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as an inductee.

Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 December 1969. He is the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds, and the grandson of statistician Leo Törnqvist and of poet Ole Torvalds. His parents were campus radicals at the University of Helsinki in the 1960s. His family belongs to the Swedish- speaking minority in Finland. Torvalds was named after Linus Pauling, the Nobel Prize-winning American chemist, although in the book Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Torvalds is quoted as saying, “I think I was named equally for Linus the Peanuts cartoon character”, noting that this makes him half “Nobel Prize-winning chemist” and half “blanket-carrying cartoon character”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Linus Torvalds Dating?

According to our records, Linus Torvalds married to Tove Torvalds. As of December 1, 2023, Linus Torvalds’s is not dating anyone.

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From 1997 to 1999, he was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix. In 1999, he was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the world’s top 100 innovators under age 35.

Facts & Trivia

Linus Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Linus Torvalds celebrates birthday on December 28 of every year.

InfoWorld presented him with the 2000 Award for Industry Achievement. In 2005, Torvalds appeared as one of “the best managers” in a survey by BusinessWeek. In 2006, Business 2.0 magazine named him one of “10 people who don’t matter” because the growth of Linux has shrunk Torvalds’s individual impact.

Top Facts about Linus Torvalds

1. Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991.
2. He was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland.
3. Torvalds is a software engineer and programmer.
4. The Linux operating system powers over 90% of the world’s supercomputers.
5. Torvalds has received numerous awards for his contributions to technology.
6. He currently works at the Linux Foundation as a fellow.
7. Torvalds is known for his direct communication style and strong opinions.
8. The Linux kernel has over 27 million lines of code.
9. Torvalds has been married since 1997 and has three children.
10. He enjoys scuba diving and playing ice hockey in his free time.

How much money did Linus Torvalds make from Linux?

Torvalds receives an annual salary of $10 million from the Linux Foundation. For his contributions to the world of technology, he has also been presented with many awards and prizes, including the Millennium Technology Prize, the IEEE Computer Society Pioneer Award, and many more.

Does Linus Torvalds still code?

In short, these days Torvalds is a code manager and maintainer, not a developer.

What religion is Linus Torvalds?

Torvalds has described himself as “completely a-religious— atheist “, adding, “I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature.

Is Linus Torvalds still active?

Main Linux kernel developer since 1991, still active maintainer. Original architect and author of the ‘Git’ source control management system, still active in development but no longer the primary maintainer.

Is Linus Torvalds a billionaire?

Some sources put his wealth at anywhere from $150M [2] to $1B [3]; his actual wealth would vary significantly based on when he sold and what he’s invested in since, since those shares shot up 10x on IPO day.