Theo de Raadt

Theo de Raadt
De Raadt in 2013
Born (1968-05-19) May 19, 1968
Pretoria, South Africa
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Calgary
OccupationSoftware engineer
Known forNetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSSH

Theo de Raadt (/də ˈrɔːt/ RAWT, Dutch: [ˈteːjoː ˈraːt]; born May 19, 1968) is a South African-born software engineer who lives in Calgary, Canada. He is the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects and was also a founding member of NetBSD. In 2004, De Raadt won the Free Software Award for his work on OpenBSD and OpenSSH.