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Bill Joy

American computer scientist

  • Fame56.4
  • Momentum10.0
  • Developers rank#83
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  • Fame56.4
  • Momentum10.0
  • Developers rank#83
  • Wikipedia5.8K
Born 1954 · age 72United States
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  • Age
    72
    Born 1954
  • Known for
    Reich: Three Tales
    2002
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Updated 2026-06-21

William Nelson Joy is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.

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56.4
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Momentum10.0
Historical22.5
Now attention27.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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