And one final thought about your hero, Linus Torvald. (2024)

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Is Linus Torvald a millionaire? ›

Although, Torvald never made much money for a long time, his networth, now, is about $150 million.

He's got a whole bunch of stock in Red Hat, and I believe the Linux Foundation as well. Also, I can't find a single real source for the $150m figure, the reality is probably much lower.

After all, genius does not confine itself to traditions. But to answer your question? It's been estimated that Linus Torvalds has an IQ of around 160, but it has never been officially published.

In 1999, he was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the world's top 100 innovators under age 35.

Sure Linus could have tried to nickle and dime people … He could have started an early Linux company, time with VA Linux and Redhat, but he did not want to. Redhat just gave him stocks, so he is very well off. He could be working with pretty much anything and making tons of money, he does not want to.

He then became moderately affluent after some companies gave him shares in recognition of his hard work. Finally, he got a job at a non-for-profit created just to hire him full time - for him to continue tinkering with Linux non-stop.

Love is now one of the richest self-made women in the world with a net worth of $10.2 billion.

I literally wrote it in the mail and say, 'I think this is how it should be done,' but this is what I do, I am not a programmer. So, Hohndel asked, "What is your job?" Torvalds replied, "I read and write a lot of email. My job really is, in the end, is to say 'no.

Today, Linux systems are used throughout computing, from embedded systems to virtually all supercomputers, and have secured a place in server installations such as the popular LAMP application stack.

Who has 139 IQ? ›

85 to 114: Average intelligence. 115 to 129: Above average or bright. 130 to 144: Moderately gifted. 145 to 159: Highly gifted.

The IQ scores of most people are represented in the middle of the bell, between 85 and 115. Overall, about 98 percent of people have a score below 130. If you're among the 2 percent with a higher score, you're an outlier.

Back in 2012, Torvalds gave a slightly more detailed explanation about why he doesn't use GitHub for pull requests: “github throws away all the relevant information, like having even a valid email address for the person asking me to pull. The diffstat is also deficient and useless.

Linus Torvalds: 'I Do No Coding Any More' | Hacker News. This is high on my list of code craftsmanship points. It's very difficult to explain to young programmers who have never worked on an old code base how valuable this is when done well.

25. Which Linux distribution does Linus Torvalds install on all of his home computers? Show me the answer! Linus uses Fedora Linux on all the computers in his household.

Torvalds earns about 10 million per year. With that income, it would take Torvalds 12k years to reach the same net worth as Buffett (about 124 billion). Put differently, Buffett could personally fund 10k open source contributors 200k per year for their lifetime (60 years) if he wanted to. So maybe that's the solution?

The global Linux operating system market size was valued at USD 18.35 billion in 2023. The market is projected to grow from USD 21.97 billion in 2024 to USD 99.69 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 20.8% during the forecast period.

Funding. Funding for the Linux Foundation comes primarily from its Platinum Members, who pay US$500,000 per year according to Schedule A in LF's bylaws, adding up to US$7.5 million.

He enrolled at the University of Helsinki in 1988, graduating with a master's degree in computer science. His M.Sc. thesis was titled Linux: A Portable Operating System. An avid computer programmer, Linus authored many gaming applications in his early years.