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P. J. Hyett
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41)
Naperville, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
EducationNorth Central College
OccupationSoftware developer
Known forCo-founder of GitHub
SpouseKendra Hyett
Children1
Websitehttps://hyett.com/

Phillip Jeffrey Hyett[1] (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 GT3 races.[3][4]

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.[8]

Racing career

In April 2023, Hyett was involved in an accident while driving in the GTE-Am qualifying race for 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. [9] He was driving a Porsche 911 RSR-19. Hyett sustained a back injury after the accident. [10]

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 9 0 0 0 0 2015 16th
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
WD 		LMS
7 		MNZ FUJ BHR 18th* 12*

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2023 Germany Project 1 - AO Italy Matteo Cairoli
United States Gunnar Jeannette 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am 		309 35th 7th

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
14 		MOS
8 		LIM
7 		ELK
11 		VIR
 IMS
 PET
 17th* 1283*

References

  1. ^ "Phillip J Hyett from West Chicago, IL". Radaris.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (2023-04-28). "Project 1-AO Withdraws from Spa After Hyett Accident – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  10. ^ Dagys, John (2023-05-10). "Jeannette to Stand In for Hyett at Laguna Seca – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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