Mark Shuttleworth
Appearance
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![]() Shuttleworth in Dublin, 2011 | |
Born | Mark Richard Shuttleworth 18 September 1973 |
Nationality | South African and British |
Occupation | Businessman |
Website | www |
Mark Richard Shuttleworth was born 18 September 1978. He is a South African business person. He is the founder and CEO (chief executive officer) of a company called Canonical. [1]He the first South African and African in space. In 2002, He bought himself his space travel for 9 days.[2][3][4] He is also the leader of the Ubuntu project.[1]

References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canonical". Canonical Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Nasa makes space tourism U-turn". BBC News Online. 12 December 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
approval to plans to make the South African internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth
- ↑ "Space tourist lifts off". BBC News Online. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
South African internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth is heading for a short stay
- ↑ "International Space Station: Soyuz 3 Taxi Flight Crew: Mark Richard Shuttleworth". 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 4 February 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
Mark was born on 18 September 1973 in mining town Welkom, in South Africa's Free State province