Kingsley Idehen
Encyclopedia
Kingsley Uyi Idehen is Founder
, President
, and CEO of OpenLink Software
, a privately held company founded in 1992. Born in Manchester
, England
in 1965, of Nigerian heritage, Idehen was raised in both Great Britain
and Nigeria
. In the mid 1990s, he relocated to the USA, where OpenLink is now based.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
, and CEO of OpenLink Software
OpenLink Software
Founded in 1992, OpenLink Software, Inc., is a software company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.The company develops and deploys standards-compliant middleware products that cover:...
, a privately held company founded in 1992. Born in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1965, of Nigerian heritage, Idehen was raised in both Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. In the mid 1990s, he relocated to the USA, where OpenLink is now based.
External links
- 2003 InfoWorld Innovator: Kingsley Idehen
- Jon Udell: A conversation with Kingsley Idehen about open source Virtuoso
- Nodalities Blog Archive: Kingsley Idehen talks about OpenLink Software, Linked Data and the Semantic Web (podcast)
- ZDNet: The Semantic Web (Paul Miller): Kingsley Idehen opens Linked Data Planet in New York City
- Kingsley's FOAF page