The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Software Entrepreneur Seeks to Promote Excellence Through Philanthropy

By Stephen G. Greene

Charles Simonyi, who made a fortune developing word-processing and spreadsheet software that could be used by people who were not computer experts, brings a similar sense of democratic mission to his philanthropy.

The chief architect of Microsoft Word and other popular software programs, Mr. Simonyi believes in supporting...

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