Chris Wanstrath

Founder & CEO

Co-founder and CEO of GitHub from its founding through the 2018 Microsoft acquisition. Self-taught programmer who previously worked at CNET. Became a Microsoft technical fellow after the acquisition.

Overview

Companies
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Roles
Founder & CEO

Companies

1 company
GitHub $350M
Acquired Founder & CEO

The world's leading software development platform and code hosting service, built on Git. Home to over 100 million developers and the center of open-source collaboration.

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