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Steve Shirley

1933 - 2025

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Dame Vera Stephanie Shirley (previously Brook, née Buchthal; 16 September 1933 – 9 August 2025) was a German-born British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Steve Shirley is the 685th most popular businessperson (down from 584th in 2024), the 5,565th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,113th in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Steve Shirley ranks 685 out of 847. Before her are Tony Fernandes, Peter Hill-Wood, Yelena Baturina, Chai Ling, Henry Tate, and Michael Milken. After her are Michael Burry, Micky Arison, Shuhei Yoshida, Amy Pascal, Gina Rinehart, and Michael O'Leary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Steve Shirley ranks 498. Before her are Boris Tatushin, Renato Pirocchi, Johnny Unitas, Peter Orlovsky, Sheila Hancock, and Daniel Massey. After her are Jeffrey Goldstone, Mihály Mayer, Raúl Sánchez, Lloyd Price, Colin Davis, and Buddy MacKay. Among people deceased in 2025, Steve Shirley ranks 406. Before her are Jorge Bolaño, Andrei Chemerkin, Stoyan Yordanov, Tomas Lindberg, Günter Haritz, and William H. Webster. After her are Audun Grønvold, Chris Dreja, Angela Mortimer, Bob Uecker, Gus Williams, and Kamini Kaushal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Steve Shirley ranks 5,568 out of 7,253. Before her are Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), Tom Angelripper (1963), Christoph Kramer (1991), Graham Coxon (1969), Gerhard Strack (1955), and Sebastian Deisler (1980). After her are Manfred Zapf (1946), Peter-Michael Kolbe (1953), Walter Junghans (1958), Hans-Jürgen Riediger (1955), Matthias Ginter (1994), and Maurizio Gaudino (1966).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Steve Shirley ranks 58. Before her are Marcus Goldman (1821), Hermann Josef Abs (1901), Josef Neckermann (1912), Katerina Tikhonova (1986), Kim Dotcom (1974), and Bernard Knubel (1872). After her are John Peter Zenger (1697), and Erica Baker (null).

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