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Simonyi
Simonyi is a surname of Hungarian people, Hungarian origin, and may refer to the following prominent figures who bear that name: * András Simonyi, Hungarian ambassador to the United States * André Simonyi, Hungarian-French former football player * Charles Simonyi, software developer and space tourist ** Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science, a chair at Oxford endowed by Charles Simonyi * Károly Simonyi, Hungarian professor of electrical engineering and writer and father of Charles Simonyi * Baron Lajos Simonyi, Hungarian politician * Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Hungarian politician and lawyer, Prime Minister of Hungary (1920) See also * related surname: Abner Shimony, American physicist and philosopher of science * Simony (other) Hungarian-language surnames {{surname, Simonyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi (; , ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian Americans, Hungarian-American software architect. He introduced the graphical user interface to Bill Gates for the first time who later described it as the first of two revolutionary things he felt in his life. He started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office. He co-founded and led Intentional Software (acquired by Microsoft in 2017), with the aim of developing and marketing his concept of intentional programming. In April 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10, he became the fifth Space tourism, space tourist and the second Hungarians, Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard Soyuz TMA-14, he made a second trip to the International Space Station. , Simonyi's net worth was United States dollar, US$7.5 billion. Biography Early life Simonyi was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father, Károly Simonyi, was a Kossuth Prize-winning professor of electrical engineering at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |