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Where is Linus Torvalds on this list? I would expect him to be in one of the top spots.
by conartist6 3mo ago
Where is Linus Torvalds on this list?
I would expect him to be in one of the top spots.
- reader9274 3mo agoWhat's his "company"?
- cassianoleal 3mo agoThis is a list of people.
- conartist6 3mo agoYes I was seeing it as a list of people. Even if you ignore Linux and focus only on the amount of wealth Git has created... ...I still think he'd be at the top.
- cassianoleal 3mo agoI agree, I was just responding to the idea that there should be a company behind the people. This is a list of people, not companies, so why should there necessarily be one?
- ecocentrik 3mo agoHis organization is The Linux Foundation.
- jameshart 3mo agoJimmy Wales too
- randerson 3mo agoThough he also eliminated a lot of value for shareholders of World Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, etc
- hn_throwaway_99 3mo agoRead the article. It calculates wealth creation in a very specific way, looking at public company value minus what the founder/largest shareholder holds. Obviously that doesn't apply to Linus Torvalds. Obviously this is only a very small slice of what "wealth" means, but it's easy to calculate and objective.
- tzs 3mo agoThis is a list looking at how various billionaires have done. He's not anywhere near being a billionaire.