찰스 시모니

소개

찰스 시모니(영어: Charles Simonyi, 헝가리어: Simonyi Károly 시모니 커로이[*], 1948년 9월 10일 ~ )는 헝가리 부다페스트 태생으로 미국에서 소프트웨어 아키텍트로 활동한 프로그래머이다. 인텐셔널 소프트웨어의 사장 겸 최고 경영자를 역임하였다. 2007년 3월 시점으로 순자산은 10억 달러에 달한다.

Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software architect, businessman, and space tourist. He led the development of Microsoft's first application software, including early versions of Microsoft Office, and later co-founded Intentional Software, a company focused on his concept of intentional programming. A former researcher at Xerox PARC, he helped pioneer graphical user interfaces and introduced object-oriented programming and Hungarian notation to Microsoft. Simonyi flew to space twice as a private citizen, becoming the fifth space tourist and the only one to pay for two separate trips to the International Space Station. As of January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$7.5 billion.