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Bjarne Stroustrup (/ˈbjɑːrnə ˈstrɒvstrʊp/; Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp];12 born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language.3 He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University, and spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley while also being a visiting professor at Columbia University. Since 2022 he has been a full professor at Columbia.4 In 2026, he additionally joined the quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group as a part-time technical fellow.56

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Footnotes

  1. Stroustrup, Bjarne. “How do you pronounce”Bjarne Stroustrup?"". Bjarne Stroustrup’s Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014. ↩

  2. Stroustrup, Bjarne. “Bjarne pronounces his own name”. Bjarne Stroustrup’s Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014. ↩

  3. Wong, William (29 October 2013). “Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup Discusses C++”. Electronic Design. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2014. ↩

  4. “Bjarne Stroustrup”. Columbia Engineering. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023. ↩

  5. McMurray, Alex (6 August 2026). “A high-frequency trading firm just hired Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++”. eFinancialCareers. Retrieved 7 September 2026. ↩

  6. “Susquehanna Extends Commitment to C++ Community Ahead of CppCon 2026” (Press release). Susquehanna International Group. 6 August 2026. Retrieved 7 September 2026 – via Business Wire. ↩