What is the Shuttleworth Fellowship?
The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to implement their innovative idea for social change at the intersection between technology, knowledge and learning, with openness being the key requirement. Anyone can become a Shuttleworth Fellow and change the world with their open idea.
Who owns Shuttleworth Foundation?
Mark Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth Foundation
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mark Shuttleworth |
| Focus | Open source, open content, open educational resources |
| Location | Durbanville, South Africa |
| Area served | Global |
What does the Shuttleworth Foundation do?
The Shuttleworth Foundation is a small social investor that provides funding to dynamic leaders who are at the forefront of social change. We look for social innovators who are helping to change the world for the better and could benefit from a social investment model with a difference.
How do I contact Mark Shuttleworth?
If you’d like to contact Mark Shuttleworth please do so via his personal website www.markshuttleworth.com. We try to respond as quickly as we can, but are a small team so please be patient. Please ensure all values are in a proper format.
Where is Mark Shuttleworth now?
Isle of Man
In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space tourist, and indeed the first African from an independent country to travel to space. He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.
What does Shuttleworth mean?
English: habitational name from any of several places so called (in Lancashire, Derbyshire, and West Yorkshire), which are named from Old English scyttel(s) ‘bar’, ‘bolt’ + worð ‘enclosure’. Reaney and Wilson give also Shuttlewood in Bolsover, Derbyshire, as a source of the surname.
What does Mark Shuttleworth do now?
Mark Shuttleworth is currently the CEO of Canonical, which delivers open-source infrastructure, applications, and related services to the global technology market.
What nationality is Shuttleworth?
English
English: habitational name from any of several places so called (in Lancashire, Derbyshire, and West Yorkshire), which are named from Old English scyttel(s) ‘bar’, ‘bolt’ + worð ‘enclosure’. Reaney and Wilson give also Shuttlewood in Bolsover, Derbyshire, as a source of the surname.
How common is the last name Shuttleworth?
Shuttleworth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| England | 4,792 | 1:11,627 |
| United States | 2,165 | 1:167,418 |
| Australia | 971 | 1:27,802 |
| Canada | 874 | 1:42,157 |