Benevolent Despots

Linus Benedict Torvalds(born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. He now acts as the project's… view entry > | edit entry >

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Guido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. In the Python community, Van Rossum is known as a "Benevolent… view entry > | edit entry >

Sayyed Qaboos bin Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id GCB GCMG GCVO (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد born November 18, 1940 in Salalah) is the current Sultan of Oman. He rose to power after… view entry > | edit entry >

Steve Jobs is one of the founders, and current CEO of Apple. It has been said that his attention to detail, secrecy and closed, perfectionist platform development qualify him as a despot of sorts. view entry > | edit entry >