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Chris Wanstrath

American technology entrepreneur and programmer
Person human Q27940879

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
March 13, 1985
Place of birth
Ohio
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
software developer, entrepreneur
Employer
CNET (2005–2007), GitHub (entreprise) (2008–2018)
Position held
chief executive officer (2008–2012), president (2012–2014), chief executive officer (2014–2018), board of directors member (2024–present)[6]
Educated at
St. Xavier High School (1999–2003), University of Cincinnati (2003–2005)
Official website
chriswanstrath.com, null.com[11][12]
Website
chriswanstrath.com, null.com
Citizenship
United States
Academic degree
high school diploma[8]
Family name
Wanstrath[9]
Given name
Chris[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chris Wanstrath 2023.jpg ↗
Crunchbase person ID
chris-wanstrath
Freebase ID
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GitHub account
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LinkedIn personal profile ID
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X (Twitter) username
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Position held 3
chief executive officer, chief executive officer, president
Educated at 2
University of Cincinnati, St. Xavier High School
Occupation 2
entrepreneur, software developer
Academic degree 1
high school diploma
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
CNET
Founded entities 1
GitHub
Given name 1
Chris
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Ohio
Sex or gender 1
male
← Chief executive officer 1
GitHub
← Copyright holder 1
hurl.it
← Funder 1
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Summary

Chris Wanstrath's place of birth was Ohio[1]. He was born on March 13, 1985[2]. He worked as a software developer[3] and entrepreneur[4].

FAQs

Where was Chris Wanstrath born?

Born in Ohio[1].

What did Chris Wanstrath do for work?

Chris Wanstrath worked as software developer[3] and entrepreneur[4].

Related Entities

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ladybird.org. ladybird.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . issuu.com. issuu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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