Nat Friedman - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
Explore Nat Friedman net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Nathaniel Dourif Friedman, born August 6, 1977, is an American technology executive. He is currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO), at GitHub. In this article, we will discover how old is Nat Friedman? Who is Nat Friedman dating now & how much money does Nat Friedman have?
| Name | Nat Friedman |
| First Name | Nat |
| Last Name | Friedman |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
| Birthday | August 6 |
| Birth Year | 1977 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Home Town | United States of America |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Nat Friedman Biography
Nat Friedman is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on August 6, 1977 in United States of America, United States. Friedman, de Icaza and Friedman founded Xamarin in May 2011. Friedman was named CEO. The company was established to provide commercial support for Mono. This project was initiated by de Icaza at Ximian in order to offer a free implementation of Microsoft’s.NET technology stack. They focused their efforts at Xamarin on MonoDevelop development and marketing MonoDevelop to developers aiming for mobile gaming consoles.
With the June 2018 announcement of Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, the companies simultaneously announced that Friedman would become GitHub’s new CEO. GitHub’s co-founder and then-current CEO Chris Wanstrath had been leading a search for Wanstrath’s replacement since August 2017. Friedman assumed the role of CEO on the 29th of October 2018.
Friedman, who was Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Novell for Open Source from January 2010 to January 2010, was an executive in the Novell IT department. He launched the Hula Project, which saw the open-source release of Novell NetMail components. Novell started a migration effort of 6,000 employees from Microsoft Windows to SUSE Linux during his tenure. Friedman’s last project was SUSE Studio, which was his final before he left.
Friedman and de Icaza co-founded Ximian, originally called International Gnome Support. They were working together to create applications and infrastructure for GNOME. The original goal of de Icaza’s project de Icaza was to produce a free desktop environment. Novell later purchased the company in 2003.
In 2016, Friedman became an employee of Microsoft upon its acquisition of Xamarin. There he rose to the position of corporate vice president, Developer Services.
Nat Friedman Net Worth
Nat is one of the richest Computer Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nat Friedman's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Friedman met Miguel de Icaza as a freshman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996. This was while Friedman was still a student. Friedman was an intern for Microsoft and worked on the IIS Web server. He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at MIT and received a Bachelor’s degree in Science in 1999.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Computer Scientist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Who is Nat Friedman Dating?
According to our records, Nat Friedman is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Nat Friedman’s is not dating anyone.
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Top Facts about Nat Friedman
- Nathaniel Dourif Friedman attended and graduated from St. Anne’s-Belfield School in 1996.
- In 1996 he founded LinuxNet while a freshman at MIT.
- Friedman co-founded Ximian, later bought by Novell in 2003, with Miguel de Icaza.
- During his tenure at Novell, Friedman launched the Hula Project.
- He co-founded Xamarin in 2011 and was the company’s CEO until 2016 when it was acquired by Microsoft.
- In 2018 Friedman became the CEO of Github, acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion.
- He acquired six companies while serving as CEO of Github.
- Friedman co-founded California YIMBY in 2017 to address California’s housing shortage.
- In 2023, he created nat.dev, a web interface for popular Large Language Models.
- Friedman is a board member at the Arc Institute and an advisor of Midjourney.
- Alongside Daniel Gross, Friedman also invests in the AI space through a fund called C2 Investments.
- He has been married to Stephanie Friedman since 2009.
- They live in Menlo Park, CA, having moved there after a home-invasion.
- Friedman has studied Computer Science and Mathematics and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from MIT in 1999.
- He created and hosted a podcast called ‘Hacker Medley’ with friend and former Ximian employee Alex Graveley.
Facts & Trivia
Nat Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nat Friedman celebrates birthday on August 6 of every year.
Where is Nat Friedman going?
With the June 2018 announcement of Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, the companies simultaneously announced that Friedman would become GitHub’s new CEO. GitHub’s co-founder and then-current CEO Chris Wanstrath had been leading a search for his replacement since August 2017.
How old is Nat Friedman?
44 years (August 6, 1977)
How much is GitHub worth?
Acquisition by Microsoft On June 4, 2018, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion. The deal closed on October 26, 2018. GitHub continued to operate independently as a community, platform and business.
Who is the owner of GitHub?
Microsoft Corporation
Is GitHub open source?
The hosted service GitHub.com is free for open source projects and it has fundamentally improved open source collaboration. But the software GitHub’s service is based on is closed source.
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