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Bob Young

Canadian entrepreneur

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Born 1954 · age 72Canada
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    Born 1954
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Updated 2026-06-22

Robert Young is a businessman who is best known for founding Red Hat Inc., the open source software company. He owns the franchises for Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League as well as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League for which he is self-styled caretaker of the team.

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Momentum14.4
Historical10.5
Now attention49.7
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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