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Famous Hackers
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland on December 28 1969. Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki from 1988 to 1996, graduating with a master's degree in computer science. His M.Sc. thesis was titled Linux: A Portable Operating System. His academic career was interrupted after completing his first year of study when he joined the Finnish Army, fulfilling the mandatory military service of Finland. In the army he held the rank of second lieutenant as a fire controller. In 1990 Linus resumed his studies and was exposed to UNIX for the first time on a DEC MicroVAX running ULTRIX. The Linux kernel was initially conceived and created by Linus in 1991. In June 2000, the University of Helsinki issued Torvalds an honorary doctorate. Red Hat and VA Linux, gave Linus stock options in gratitude for his creation. In 1999, both companies went public and his worth went up to roughly $20 million. Torvalds owns the "Linux" trademark, and monitors use of it chiefly through the Linux Mark Institute.