Michael Widenius

Michael Widenius
Michael "Monty" Widenius, 2019
Born	Ulf Michael Widenius (1962-03-03) 3 March 1962 (age 63) 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 (born 3 March 1962), also known as Monty, is a Finnish software programmer. He is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company, founding member of the MariaDB Foundation and CTO of the MariaDB Company. Additionally, he is a founder and general partner at venture capital firm OpenOcean.