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Mark Shuttleworth

Also known as Mark Richard Shuttleworth

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

AI overview

Mark Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur who became the second person to privately fund his own trip to the International Space Station. His spaceflight and business ventures have made him a notable figure in both the commercial space industry and technology entrepreneurship.

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Works: 4

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Translation and Neoliberalism
Translation and Knowledge Mediation in Medical and Health Settings
Studying Scientific Metaphor in Translation
Dictionary of translation studies

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Type: Group
Origin: United Kingdom

Discography

England's Heartbeat2010

Discogs

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Listeners: 12
Total plays: 15

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 65,134x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,741x
Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches
· 1995 · cited 39,632x
<tt>edgeR</tt> : a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data
· 2009 · cited 39,062x
PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 30,848x

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Quotes

“There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.”
“In the early days of the DCC I preferred to let the proponents do their thing and then see how it all worked out in the end. Now we are pretty close to the end.”
“I urge telecommunications regulators to develop a commercial strategy for delivering effective access to the continent.”
“Whenever there is a substantial change in an industry there are opportunities for new leaders to emerge.”
“The future belongs to those who embrace global thinking without losing their identity and their culture.”
“An experience like that changes your perspective on life and on the world.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.markshuttleworth.com
Image: Markshuttleworth-dublin-20101116.jpg

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name in native language: Mark Shuttleworth
Commons category: Mark Shuttleworth
date of birth: 1973-09-18
time in space: 14245
name in kana: マーク・シャトルワース
social media followers: 4895
nickname: Afronaut.
short name: Mark Shuttleworth
birth name: Mark Shuttleworth santillan

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Article

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist. He holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. In 2020, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Shuttleworth's net worth to be £500 million.

Early life