Where is Linus Torvalds on this list?

I would expect him to be in one of the top spots.

hn_throwaway_99 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Read the article. It calculates wealth creation in a very specific way, looking at public company value minus what the founder/largest shareholder holds. Obviously that doesn't apply to Linus Torvalds.

Obviously this is only a very small slice of what "wealth" means, but it's easy to calculate and objective.

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reader9274 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's his "company"?

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cassianoleal 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is a list of people.

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conartist6 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes I was seeing it as a list of people. Even if you ignore Linux and focus only on the amount of wealth Git has created... ...I still think he'd be at the top.

	▲	cassianoleal 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I agree, I was just responding to the idea that there should be a company behind the people. This is a list of people, not companies, so why should there necessarily be one?

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ecocentrik 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

His organization is The Linux Foundation.

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jameshart 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Jimmy Wales too

	▲	randerson 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Though he also eliminated a lot of value for shareholders of World Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, etc

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tzs 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a list looking at how various billionaires have done. He's not anywhere near being a billionaire.