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Joel Spolsky

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Avram Joel Spolsky (Hebrew: אברם יואל ספולסקי; born 1965) is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development, and the creator of the project management software Trello. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Spolsky is the 813th most popular businessperson (down from 792nd in 2019), the 16,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,491st in 2019) and the 294th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Joel Spolsky ranks 813 out of 847. Before him are Noumandiez Doué, Zhang Xin, Jordi Cuixart, Donald Carcieri, Olivia Palermo, and Alexis Ohanian. After him are Ursula Burns, Chris Anderson, Tom Hicks, Indu Jain, Whitney Wolfe Herd, and Sunil Mittal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Joel Spolsky ranks 881. Before him are Lisa Vidal, Ronit Roy, Kadeem Hardison, Andrew Crosby, Cecilia Wikström, and Aramis Naglić. After him are Michelle Stafford, Avery Johnson, Jörg Stübner, Tony Dorigo, Roberto Moya, and Richey Reneberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Spolsky ranks 16,840 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Evans (1985), Taylor Dent (1981), Shani Davis (1982), Caleb McLaughlin (2001), Steven Holcomb (1980), and James D. Halsell (1956). After him are Dorothy Peterson (1897), Nicole Arendt (1969), Lisa Fernandez (1971), CeCe Winans (1964), Michele Greene (1962), and Richard Patrick (1968).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Joel Spolsky ranks 294. Before him are Roger Goodell (1959), Jack Abramoff (1959), Steve King (1949), Donald Carcieri (1942), Olivia Palermo (1986), and Alexis Ohanian (1983). After him are Ursula Burns (1958), Tom Hicks (1946), Whitney Wolfe Herd (1989), Randi Zuckerberg (1982), Sam Bankman-Fried (1992), and Sara Blakely (1971).

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