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Michael Widenius was born on 3 March, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish software programmer. Discover Michael Widenius's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB
Co-founder of MySQL AB
Author of the MySQL server and MariaDB fork
General partner at OpenOcean |
| Age |
62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
3 March, 1962 |
| Birthday |
3 March |
| Birthplace |
Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality |
Finland
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Michael Widenius Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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| Children |
3, My, Max and Maria, whose names inspired MySQL, MaxDB and MariaDB. |
Michael Widenius Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michael Widenius worth at the age of 62 years old? Michael Widenius’s income source is mostly from being a successful founder. He is from Finland. We have estimated Michael Widenius's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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founder |
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Timeline
Ulf Michael Widenius (often called Monty; born 3 March 1962, in Helsinki, Finland) is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company and CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB.
Additionally, he is a founder and general partner at venture capital firm OpenOcean.
Widenius went to the co-educational school Broban, which was first merged into Minervaskolan and later to Lönnbeckska gymnasiet.
After dropping out of Helsinki University of Technology, Widenius started working for Tapio Laakso Oy in 1981.
In 1985 he founded TCX DataKonsult AB (a Swedish data warehousing company) with Allan Larsson.
In 1995 he began writing the first version of the MySQL database with David Axmark, released in 1996.
He is the co-author of the MySQL Reference Manual, published by O'Reilly in June 2002; and in 2003 he was awarded the Finnish Software Entrepreneur of the Year prize.
Until MySQL AB's sale to Sun Microsystems in 2008, he was the chief technical officer of MySQL AB.
After the acquisition, he remained one of the primary forces behind the ongoing development of MySQL.
Widenius sold MySQL to Sun in January 2008, earning about €16.6 million in capital gains in 2008 (€16.8 million total income), making him one of the top 10 highest earners in Finland that year.
In 2008, Widenius established venture capital firm OpenOcean with his MySQL AB colleague Patrik Backman and early advisors Tom Henriksson and Ralf Wahlsten.
On 5 February 2009, he announced that he was leaving Sun in order to create his own company.
On 12 December 2009, Widenius asked MySQL customers to lobby the European Commission (EC), regarding Oracle's acquisition of Sun, citing concerns about potential Oracle control of MySQL; this resulted in an online petition campaign called "Save MySQL".
After leaving Sun, he formed Monty Program Ab and forked MySQL into MariaDB, named after his youngest daughter, Maria.
It includes several patches and plugins developed by the company itself or the community.
One of these plugins is the Aria storage engine, which was renamed from Maria to avoid confusion with MariaDB.
Monty Program Ab merged with SkySQL, who later renamed themselves MariaDB Corporation.
He is also CTO of the MariaDB Foundation, the non-profit organisation charged with promoting, protecting and advancing the MariaDB codebase, community, and ecosystem.
The Open Database Alliance, also known as ODBA, was founded in 2009 by the Monty Program and Percona.
According to its first announcement, "the Open Database Alliance will comprise a collection of companies working together to provide the software, support and services for MariaDB, an enterprise-grade, community-developed branch of MySQL".
Widenius lives in Kauniainen, Finland with his second wife Anna and his youngest daughter, Maria.
Widenius has three children – My, Max, and Maria – who inspired the names for MySQL, MaxDB and the MySQL-Max distribution, and MariaDB.
