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Håkon Wium Lie

1965 - Today

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Håkon Wium Lie (born July 26, 1965) is a Norwegian web pioneer, a standards activist, and the chairman of YesLogic, developers of Prince CSS-based PDF rendering software. He is best known for developing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) while working with Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at CERN in 1994. He was the chief technology officer of Opera Software from 1998 until the browser was sold to new owners in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Håkon Wium Lie is the 831st most popular businessperson (down from 808th in 2024), the 735th most popular biography from Norway (up from 758th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Norwegian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Håkon Wium Lie ranks 831 out of 847. Before him are Mike Krieger, Fikret Orman, Vinod Khosla, Tessy Antony de Nassau, Evan Spiegel, and Yang Huiyan. After him are Scott Forstall, Simon Leviev, Janus Friis, Sunita Narain, Zhou Qunfei, and Roger Goodell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Håkon Wium Lie ranks 939. Before him are Ángeles González-Sinde, Daniel Müller, Boaz Yakin, Steve Bacic, Christopher Evan Welch, and Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. After him are Jens-Peter Herold, Ahmed El-Kass, Marco Antônio de Almeida Ferreira, Hamada Madi, Rune Temte, and Nadine Capellmann.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Håkon Wium Lie ranks 735 out of 1,039. Before him are Renate Reinsve (1987), Geir Moen (1969), Alexander Os (1980), Erik Hoftun (1969), Per Sætersdal (1964), and Trond Espen Seim (1971). After him are Håvard Klemetsen (1979), Rune Temte (1965), Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (1990), Espen Lind (1971), Cashmere Cat (1987), and Anders Jacobsen (1985).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Norway

Among businesspeople born in Norway, Håkon Wium Lie ranks 5. Before him are Max Manus (1914), Johan Anker (1871), Svend Foyn (1809), and Terje Hauge (1965).

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