Michael Widenius

Ulf Michael Widenius
Michael "Monty" Widenius, 2019
Born	(1962-03-03) 3 March 1962 (age 62) Helsinki, Finland
Other names	Monty
Occupations	CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB Co-founder of MySQL AB Author of the MySQL server and MariaDB fork General partner at OpenOcean
Children	3, My, Max and Maria, whose names inspired MySQL, MaxDB and MariaDB.
Website	monty-says.blogspot.com

Ulf Michael Widenius (often called Monty; born 3 March 1962, in Helsinki, Finland) is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company and CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB. Additionally, he is a founder and general partner at venture capital firm OpenOcean.