# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-widenius
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:26:59.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-widenius"
name: "Michael Widenius"
slug: "michael-widenius"
description: "Ulf Michael Widenius, also known as Monty, is a Finnish software programmer. He is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company, founding member of the MariaDB Foundation and CTO of the MariaDB Company. Additionally, he is a founder and general partner at venture capital firm OpenOcean."
tagline: "Finnish software programmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_%E2%80%9DMonty%E2%80%9D_Widenius_at_MariaDB%E2%80%99s_Developers_Unconference_2019_in_New_York_City_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1962-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.95112266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 100
totalFollowers: 34
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/montywi"
    handle:    "montywi"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelwidenius/"
    handle:    "michaelwidenius"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/montywi/"
    handle:    "montywi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://monty-says.blogspot.com/"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/montywi"
    handle:    "montywi"
    followers: 34
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump