Bill Joy

Bill Joy (born August 11, 1954) is an American computer scientist, engineer, programmer, and businessperson. He was born in Detroit and holds citizenship in the United States. Joy is well-known for being the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and for his work on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

He attended North Farmington High School before continuing his education at the University of Michigan and later, the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his work with Sun Microsystems and BSD, Bill Joy is also the creator of Vi, a widely-used text editor in Unix and Unix-like systems.

Throughout his career, Bill Joy has also been involved in investing, as evidenced by his title as an investor.