William (Bill) Nelson Joy

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(b.) November 8, 1954

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Founder and Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems, Joy co-founded the company in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy, Andy Bechtolsheim and Vaughan Pratt, and has served as chief scientist there until 2003.

Edited by Jeffery Stein

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Noted For: Founder and Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems
Category: Entrepreneur, Software
Affiliation: Sun Microsystems
Gender: Male

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