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Mark Shuttleworth

@markshuttleworth

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

Building Canonical Ltd. as Founder · South Africa

Key facts

Born
1973
Educated at
Western Province Preparatory School · Rondebosch Boys' High School · Diocesan College · University of Cape Town

About

Mark Shuttleworth is an entrepreneur and astronaut, born in 1973 in Welkom. They studied at Western Province Preparatory School.

In context

Canonical Ltd. was founded in 2004 and has no closure on record. Among the 66 other software industry companies founded in the 2000s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 9 years.

Contribution

Mark's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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