The president of Estonia, Toomas Ilves, can code. > Ilves moved to Leonia, a borough of 9,000 people a short trip over the George Washington Bridge from Manhat

The president of Estonia, Toomas Ilves, can code. > Ilves moved to Leonia, a borough of 9,000 people a short trip over the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan, when he was three years old. He grew up there and learned computer programming at Leonia High School. Ilves graduated as valedictorian in 1972 and went on to receive degrees from Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. (...) Ilves credits the programming classes he took at Leonia High School with his work to turn Estonia from a country that essentially had no communications infrastructure after independence to what is now a European Silicon Valley of sorts. The most notable example? Skype was created in Estonia. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/03/estonias-president-came-to-tallinn-by-way-of-the-jersey-turnpike/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09...