Anders Hejlsberg

Anders Hejlsberg
Hejlsberg in 2008
Born (1960-12-02) 2 December 1960
NationalityDanish
EducationTechnical University of Denmark
Occupation(s)Programmer
Systems architect
EmployerMicrosoft
Known forTurbo Pascal
Delphi
C#
TypeScript
TitleTechnical Fellow
SpouseLiz Hejlsberg (m. 1994)
Awards2001 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award

Anders Hejlsberg (/ˈhlzbɜːrɡ/; Danish: [ˈhɑjlsˌpɛɐ̯ˀ]; born 2 December 1960) is a Danish software engineer who co-designed several programming languages and development tools. He was the original author of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of Delphi. He currently works for Microsoft as the lead architect of C# and core developer on TypeScript.