P. J. Hyett

P. J. Hyett (born August 10, 1983) is an American software developer, technology entrepreneur, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008.[2] In 2022 Hyett founded an auto racing team, AO Racing, an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona program, to compete in GTE races.[3][4]

P. J. Hyett
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983
NationalityAmerican
EducationNorth Central College
OccupationSoftware developer
Known forCo-founder of GitHub
SpouseKendra[1]
Children1[1]

About

Hyett was born on August 10, 1983,[5] and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Central College. After graduation, Hyett moved to San Francisco. He was a senior software engineer at CNET Networks, and then a partner at Err Free, before co-founding GitHub in 2008.[6]

Following the acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft in June 2018, Hyett's stake in the company had an estimated value of "close to $1 billion".[7]

Hyett is married, has a daughter, and lives in San Francisco.[1]

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Team Project 1 1 0 0 0 1 27 18th
GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am Team Hardpoint 1 0 0 0 0 4 17th
GT America Series - SR03 2 0 0 1 1 0 NC†
Le Mans Cup - GT3 Schnitzelalm Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Project 1 – AO
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD AO Racing Team
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Kelly-Moss Road and Race

† As Hyett was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2022 Team Project 1 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB SPA LMS MON FUJ BHR
2		 18th 27
2023 Project 1 – AO LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB
12		 PRT SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR NC* 0*

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2023 AO Racing Team GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
14		 SEB
16		 LBH
DNS		 MON
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 IMS
 PET
 19th* 347*

References
  1. Brock, Amanda (2016-12-01). "Spotlight on Kendra & PJ Hyett, Honorary Hosts of Spark's Holiday Bash". Blog. SparkSF. Retrieved 2021-11-21 – via WordPress.
  2. Huddleston, Tom Jr. (4 June 2018). "This 33-year-old college dropout co-founded GitHub, which just sold to Microsoft for $7.5 billion". cnbc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. "Jeannette, Hyett launching AO Racing Porsche GTD effort for 2023". racer.com. 28 September 2022.
  4. "WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP PJ HYET". Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. "P.J. Hyett - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. "PJ Hyett, Co-Founder, COO, GitHub". www.topionetworks.com. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. Kirsch, Noah. "Microsoft's Acquisition Of GitHub Mints New Billionaires". forbes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.


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