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Andy Bechtolsheim
Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (born 30 September 1955) is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur, investor, and self-made billionaire. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer. He later became an investor, most notable for providing Sergey Brin and Larry Page with their first round of funding, a $100,000 investment in 1998 before the two had even incorporated their company, Google. His net worth reached $7 billion in September 2018.
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- #81 of 346Famous Male Electrical Engineers
- #102 of 991Famous People Born 1955
- #136 of 1049Famous Male Computer Scientists
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- #177 of 1290List of Every Major Famous Male Engineer
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