David Heinemeier Hansson - Famous Programmer

David Heinemeier Hansson Net Worth

$40,000,000

David Heinemeier Hansson has achieved a net worth of $40 million. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he is a renowned Danish programmer. Hansson is famous for creating the open-source project Ruby on Rails, which earned him the Hacker of the Year award in 2005 from Google and O’Reilly.

Key facts:

David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer who founded and built a Danish online gaming news website and community called Daily Rush.
He was hired by Jason Fried, co-founder of Basecamp, to build a web-based project management tool, which ultimately became 37signals' Basecamp software.
Hansson used the Ruby programming language to develop a custom web framework, which he released separately as the open-source project called Ruby on Rails.
In 2005, David Heinemeier Hansson received the Hacker of the Year award from Google and O'Reilly for his creation of Ruby on Rails.
Aside from his programming career, Hansson also has a passion for photography and race car driving. He participated in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans and won two races in the American Le Mans Series.

Basic Information About David Heinemeier Hansson

Category	Business
Professions	Scientist, Programmer
Net worth	$40,000,000
Date of birth	1979-10-15 (46 years old)
Place of birth	Copenhagen
Nationality	Denmark
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia