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Gabe Newell

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2nd3,655 · mom 22

Sam Altman

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1st34.6K · mom 19

David Heinemeier Hansson

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3rd3,526 · mom 25
Sam Altman leads this board.

34.6K readers a day this week, ahead of Gabe Newell.

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  1. 4thLinus TorvaldsDevelopers3,357
  2. 5thTim Berners-LeeDevelopers3,220
  3. 6thMarkus PerssonDevelopers2,098
  4. 7thGuido van RossumDevelopers1,008
  5. 8thSid MeierDevelopers1,007
  6. 9thJohn CarmackDevelopers881
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10th, fallingPaul GrahamDevelopers · b. 1964United KingdomUnited KingdomDevelopers833mom 411th, fallingDonald KnuthDevelopers · b. 1938United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers811mom 1212th, fallingVitalik ButerinDevelopers · b. 1994Developers720mom 013th, fallingHenk RogersDevelopers · b. 1953NetherlandsNetherlandsDevelopers719mom 014th, risingKen ThompsonDevelopers · b. 1943United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers681mom 515th, stableBjarne StroustrupDevelopers · b. 1950Developers671mom 316th, risingTrevor BlackwellDevelopers · b. 1969CanadaCanadaDevelopers653mom 1917th, risingTakashi TezukaDevelopers · b. 1960JapanJapanDevelopers560mom 1818th, stablePeter MolyneuxDevelopers · b. 1959United KingdomUnited KingdomDevelopers541mom 119th, risingAmerican McGeeDevelopers · b. 1972United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers525mom 1120th, fallingBrendan EichDevelopers · b. 1961United StatesUnited StatesDevelopers520mom 121st, stableDavid JonesDevelopers · b. 1966United KingdomUnited KingdomDevelopers481mom 20

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David Heinemeier Hansson holds 5th among developers

Programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails

Sid Meier holds 49th among developers

Canadian-American game programmer and designer

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