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Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (Icelandic: Jón; born 29 August 1967 in Seltjarnarnes) is an Icelandic-Norwegian programmer and businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of Vivaldi Technologies. Before starting the Vivaldi Web browser, he launched a community site called Vivaldi.net. Tetzchner is also a co-founder and former CEO of Opera Software.
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, [1] it was founded in 2013 by Jon von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita. Tetzchner was one of the founders, [2] and formerly the CEO, of Opera Software, a software company which developed the web browser Opera. [3] About 20 former Opera employees joined him at Vivaldi Technologies. [3]
Jon von Tetzchner is a pioneer in the browser world, having first created the web browser Opera in 1995, and is now founder and CEO of Vivaldi, a feature-rich privacy-focused browser.
Opera Software was founded as an independent company in Norway in 1995 by the Icelandic Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy. [9] They had initially begun development of the Opera web browser while both working at Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor.
Vivaldi.net is an alternative community site opened on 18 December 2013 by Jon von Tetzchner, founder and former CEO of Opera Software. Jon von Tetzchner posted a personal welcome message where he explained his plan to provide a new community for My Opera's members. [19]
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (born 1967), programmer and businessman; Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (born 1968), President of Iceland since 2016; Hermann Stefánsson (born 1968), writer, musician and poet; Halla Tómasdóttir (born 1968), business person and public speaker; Ármann Þorvaldsson (born 1968), UK CEO of Kaupthing Bank
Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the lead programmer at Opera Software.He and Jon von Tetzchner were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company (now known as Telenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera.
Lars Rabæk Boilesen is the CEO of Otello Corporation (formerly Opera Software ASA), having succeeded founder Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner in 2010. Career