Co-Founder (Former CEO) of GitHub
"Chris Wanstrath co-founded GitHub, which Microsoft acquired for $7.5B, defining modern dev collaboration."
Chris Wanstrath
Co-Founder (Former CEO) • GitHub
GitHub began as a simple tool to share Git repositories among developer friends.
GitHub grew into the central nervous system for open-source software worldwide.
After the Microsoft acquisition, Wanstrath returned to coding indie games.
"Build the home where developers love to collaborate, and enterprise value naturally follows."
— Chris Wanstrath, GitHub
Developer love is the most powerful bottom-up distribution mechanism.
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