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Hideo Kojima

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2nd3.6K · Readers a day

Gabe Newell

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1st4.1K · Readers a day

Markus Persson

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3rd3.1K · Readers a day
Gabe Newell leads this board.

4.1K readers a day this week, ahead of Hideo Kojima.

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  1. 4thLinus TorvaldsDevelopers2.9K
  2. 5thToby FoxDevelopers2.4K
  3. 6thTim Berners-LeeDevelopers2.3K
  4. 7thEric SchmidtDevelopers2.1K
  5. 8thAlexey PajitnovDevelopers2K
  6. 9thJack DorseyDevelopers1.9K
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10thChris OlahArtificial intelligence researcherb. 1990Developers1.3K11thScott CawthonFormer independent video game developerb. 1978United StatesDevelopers1.1K12thHenk RogersDutch computer programmerb. 1953Netherlands★ #1Developers1K13thDavid Heinemeier HanssonProgrammer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Railsb. 1979Denmark★ #1Developers98514thJohn RomeroAmerican video game designerb. 1967United StatesDevelopers98115thGuido van RossumDutch programmer and creator of Pythonb. 1956NetherlandsDevelopers88816thJonathan BlowAmerican video game designer and programmerb. 1971United StatesDevelopers88017thRasmus LerdorfDanish programmer and creator of PHPb. 1968DenmarkDevelopers84318thJohn CarmackAmerican computer programmer and video game developerb. 1970United StatesDevelopers82319thDonald KnuthAmerican computer scientist and mathematicianb. 1938United StatesDevelopers73920thSid MeierCanadian-American game programmer and designerb. 1954Canada★ #1Developers70821stPatrick CollisonIrish entrepreneurb. 1988Ireland★ #1Developers650

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