Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner

Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, is the CEO of Opera Software. He and Geir Ivarsøy were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company (now known as Telenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera. The project was abandoned by Telenor, but Geir and Jon obtained the rights to the software, formed a company of their own, and continued working on it. Now known simply as Opera, the internet browser has become very popular despite the competition. Opera Software has grown to nearly 200 employees since it first moved to its present offices in Oslo. See the Wikipedia article on Opera for more information.