Photo: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁷

Ahti Heinla

Estonian programmer and businessman (born 1972)

Ahti Heinla (born 2 May 1972) is an Estonian computer programmer and businessman. He is one of the developers of Skype.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Ahti Heinla (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 2, 1972.¹

About

He was also an organizer of Let's Do It 2008, a civic action with 50,000 volunteers participating in cleaning up the countryside of Estonia in one day.

He was awarded the Order of the White Star, 5th class, in 2007, and is a recipient of the 2008 Estonian Volunteer of the Year national award.

He has been a member of the board at the nature protection NGO Estonian Fund for Nature since 2006.

Heinla speaks Estonian, English and Spanish.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ahti Heinla, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Starship TechnologiesFounder¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedGustav Adolf Grammar School^{3 4}
Date not recordedUniversity of Tartu^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, businessperson, computer scientist, engineer.⁷

Date not recordedFounded Starship Technologies⁵
Date not recordedFounded Bluemoon Interactive⁶

Personal life

BornMay 2, 1972, Estonia⁸
CitizenshipEstonia⁹

Awards

2013Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania^{10 11}
Date not recordedOrder of the White Star, 5th Class¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataAhti Heinla on Wikidata
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WikipediaAhti Heinla on Wikipedia
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WikidataAhti Heinla: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataAhti Heinla: Founded Starship Technologies, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: Founded Bluemoon Interactive, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataAhti Heinla: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataOfficial website, as reported
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WikidataAhti Heinla: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataAhti Heinla: Facebook, on Wikidata
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WikidataStarship Technologies, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsAhti Heinla photo by Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0