Charles Simonyi
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948-09-10
- Works
- 0
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Space Tourists2009
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 6
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 28,318x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,782x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-09-10 ) September 10, 1948 (age 77) , Budapest , Hungary
- Citizenship
- Hungary, United States
- Alma mater
- University of California, Berkeley ( BS ), Stanford University ( PhD )
- Occupation
- Software architect
- Known for
- Hungarian notation , space tourism , intentional programming
- Notable work
- Microsoft Office
- Spouse
- Lisa Persdotter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 )
- Parents
- Károly Simonyi (father) Zsuzsa Simonyi (mother)
- Relatives
- Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (great-grandfather)
- Time in space
- 26d 14h 27m
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-10 / TMA-9 , Soyuz TMA-14 / TMA-13
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 10 September 1948
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Károly
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Father
- Károly Simonyi
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- Microsoft
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
Article
Charles Simonyi (/sɪˈmoʊni/; Hungarian: Simonyi Károly, pronounced [ˈʃimoɲi ˈkaːroj]; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-American software architect, businessman, and space tourist. He led the development of Microsoft's first application software, including early versions of Microsoft Office, and later co-founded Intentional Software, a company focused on his concept of intentional programming. A former researcher at Xerox PARC, he helped pioneer graphical user interfaces and introduced object-oriented programming and Hungarian notation to Microsoft. Simonyi flew to space twice as a private citizen, becoming the fifth space tourist and the only one to pay for two separate trips to the International Space Station. As of January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$7.5 billion.
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