People in information technology

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.

Finnish software engineer (born 1969)

chief executive officer and president of National Public Radio

American software designer and network engineer (born 1951)

British robotics and cybernetics researcher

American computer scientist, free software developer

Russian business woman

Australian information technologist and amateur astronomer from Queensland (born 1966)

American engineer (1927–2010)

American technology writer

US computer programmer and author

profession in IT

American computer graphics expert

Italian informatician

American computer scientist

American politician

American/Iranian computer security expert

American computer scientist

computer scientist (1922–1991)

person who repairs and maintains computers and servers

American artist

American computer pioneer (1923–1979)

American computer scientist and co-founder of the data warehouse

American computer scientist

American writer

Russian entrepreneur

Italian entrepreneur

Filipino actor