Werner Vogels

Quick Facts

Full Name	Werner Vogels
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Oct 3, 1958(1958-10-03)
Age	66
Birthplace	Ermelo
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Mpumalanga
Horoscope	Libra

Werner Vogels Biography

Werner Vogels is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on October 3, 1958 in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

After his mandatory military service that he served in the Royal Netherlands Navy, Vogels studied radiology, both diagnostics and therapy. He worked at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis, part of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, from 1979 through 1985. In 1985 he returned to university to study computer science. After completing his studies, he pursued a career in computer science research.

Vogels studied computer science at The Hague University of Applied Sciences finishing in June 1989. Vogels received a Ph.D. in computer science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, supervised by Henri Bal and Andy Tanenbaum.

Werner Vogels Net Worth

Werner Vogels is one of the richest Computer Scientist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Werner Vogels 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Werner Hans Peter Vogels (born 3 October 1958) is the chief technology officer and vice president of Amazon in charge of driving technology innovation within the company. Vogels has broad internal and external responsibilities.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Werner Vogels Dating?

According to our records, Werner Vogels married to Annet Vogels. As of December 1, 2023, Werner Vogels’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2008, it became evident that Vogels was one of the architects behind Amazon’s approach to cloud computing, the Amazon Web Services (AWS). During that year Vogels was continuously on the road to promote cloud computing and AWS and its benefits to the industry.

Facts & Trivia

Xuecheng Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Werner Vogels celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Werner Vogels

1. Werner Vogels studied computer science at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
2. He received a PhD in computer science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
3. He worked with Paulo Verissimo and Luis Rodrigues on fault-tolerant distributed systems.
4. From 1991 to 2004, he was a research scientist at the Computer Science Department of Cornell University.
5. He co-founded a company called Reliable Network Solutions, Inc. in 1997.
6. In 1999, he held vice president and chief technology officer positions with the company.
7. He joined Amazon in 2004 as director of systems research.
8. He was named chief technology officer in 2005 and vice president in the same year.
9. He wrote a paper about Amazon’s Dynamo, the storage engine for Amazon’s shopping cart.

When did Werner Vogels join Amazon?

He joined Amazon in September 2004 as the director of systems research. He was named chief technology officer in January 2005 and vice president in March of that year.

Who is Dr Werner Vogels?

Dr. Werner Vogels is Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company’s customer-centric technology vision.

Who is CTO of AWS?

As Amazon’s CTO since 2005, Werner Vogels has observed macro trends around the technology industry, giving him a unique perspective to distinguish substantive progress from mere fads. He recently published his views on what he sees in store in 2022 for cloud technology and the technology world in general.

How old is Werner Vogels?

63 years (October 3, 1958)

How old is Andy Jassy?

54 years (January 13, 1968)