Why wasn't Linus Torvalds added to his Successful Programmers list considering the first line of that category is - Programmers who are both well known and have

Why wasn't Linus Torvalds added to his Successful Programmers list considering the first line of that category is - Programmers who are both well known and have created entire businesses -- perhaps even whole industries -- around their code. Maybe he will get added once he dies, considering Linux will surely outlive him. Another thing .. can Knuth and Dijkstra be said to be programmers ?! Just an open question for discussion !