Linus Torvalds Net Worth

Linus Torvalds is a software engineer and hacker with a net worth of $150 million. Linus Torvalds has earned his net worth through his position at Transmeta, Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group, which merged and later became the Linux Foundation. Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, master's degree in computer science from NODES research group at the University of Helsinki. NEC Corporation awarded him the C&C Prize in 2010 for his help in the advancement of the information technology industry.

What is Linus Torvalds' salary? $10 million per year.

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