He received a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria College at the University of Toronto. ==Career== Prior to Red Hat, Young built a couple of computer rental and leasing businesses, including founding Vernon Computer Rentals in 1984.
in 1993. Marc Ewing and Young co-founded open-source software company Red Hat.
Marc Ewing and Young's partnership started in 1994 when ACC acquired the Red Hat trademarks from Ewing.
He continues to serve on its board as Chairman. Young also co-founded Linux Journal in 1994, and in 2003, he purchased the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Young focuses his philanthropic efforts on access to information and advancement of knowledge.
In early 1995, ACC changed its name to Red Hat Software, which has subsequently been shortened to simply Red Hat, Inc.
Young served as Red Hat's CEO until 1999. In 2002, Young founded Lulu.com, a print-on-demand, self-publishing company, and served as CEO.
In 1999, he co-founded The Center for the Public Domain.
Young served as Red Hat's CEO until 1999. In 2002, Young founded Lulu.com, a print-on-demand, self-publishing company, and served as CEO.
He continues to serve on its board as Chairman. Young also co-founded Linux Journal in 1994, and in 2003, he purchased the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Young focuses his philanthropic efforts on access to information and advancement of knowledge.
In 2006, Young established the Lulu Blooker Prize, a book prize for books that began as blogs.
He launched the prize partly as a means to promote Lulu. Young served as CEO of PrecisionHawk, a commercial drone technology company, from 2015 to 2017.
Prior to being named PrecisionHawk's CEO in 2015, he was an early investor in the company.
He launched the prize partly as a means to promote Lulu. Young served as CEO of PrecisionHawk, a commercial drone technology company, from 2015 to 2017.
Red Hat was a member of the S&P 500 Index before being purchased by IBM on July 9, 2019.
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