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          Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist who became the first South African in space.

          Mark founded Thawte, an internet commerce security company in while studying finance and IT at the University of Cape Town.

        1. Mark founded Thawte, an internet commerce security company in while studying finance and IT at the University of Cape Town.
        2. The first day of the event started off with a keynote by Mark Shuttleworth at the UbuCon Summit.
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        4. This year, there's also an extensive "Ubucon" for Ubuntu users, including a keynote by Mark Shuttleworth.
        5. The schedule is complete since a few days and there are many interesting talks, including the opening keynote by Mark Shuttleworth.

          6. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2013, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system.

          Background

          Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Free State, South Africa as a son of a surgeon and a nursery school teacher.

          Education

          He attended Rondebosch Boys' High School and then Western Province Preparatory School and Diocesan College.

          Shuttleworth obtained a Business Science degree in Finance and Information Systems at the University of Cape Town.

          Career

          In 1995 he founded Thawte, a consulting firm that became a world leader in Internet security for electronic commerce.

          He sold the firm in 1999 to the U.S.-based company VeriSign and with his profits founded a venture capital firm and a nonpro