Astronaut mark shuttleworth biography

South African entrepreneur and space tourist (born 1973)

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.^[1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.^[2][3][4] He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.^[5][6] According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Shuttleworth is worth an estimated £500 million.^[7]

Early life

Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Free State, South Africa, to a surgeon and a nursery-school teacher,^[8] Shuttleworth attended school at Western Province Preparatory School (where he eventually became Head Boy in 1986), followed by one term at Rondebosch Boys' High School, and then Bishops/D