4 Prominent Male Programmers Whose Contributions Are Extremely Significant

Programming is a very challenging thing to do. Most likely, it is not for people who are not patient enough to take on the same tasks several times just to figure out how something would work best or why it isn't exactly what it is. Although there are also females who ventured and became successful in the field of programming, most of those who take this field are males. There are at least four male programmers who have actually changed how the online world runs with their excellent contribution. 1. Bill Gates American businessman, inventor, and computer programmer Bill Gates is one of those who are behind the world's largest PC software company, the Microsoft. He had the largest shares in the company until 2014 and he was also the CEO and chief software architect of the company during his time. Aside from being one of the men behind Microsoft, this American programmer who was born in Seattle, Washington in the United States is also an author. 2. Paul Allen The other male programmer who was also behind the success of Microsoft is Paul Allen, Bill Gates' co-founder. He also came from Seattle, Washington like Gates. He is also the founder of Vulcan Inc. It is the company that manages his business. Allen is not just on the programming field. He also has his own sports teams - the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. 3. Mark Zuckerberg Who does not have a Facebook account? Surely, a big part of the population all over the world has. The man behind the online platform that has made communication despite the distance possible is American computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg. He was born in White Plains in New York. Together with his fellow students in Harvard University and his roommates, their perseverance and wit have given birth to Facebook, one of the most prominent and widely used social media platforms now. 4. Steve Wozniak American computer programmer and electronics engineer Stephen Gary "Steve" Wozniak founded Apple with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. He was the man behind the Apple I and the Apple II computers which he worked on in 1970s. Just like the other great programmers, he was also born in the United States - in San Jose, California specifically.