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    Linus Torvalds Personality Type, MBTI

    What is the personality type of Linus Torvalds? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Linus Torvalds from Computer Science and what is the personality traits.

    Linus Torvalds
    INTJ

    INTJ (5w6)

    Linus Torvalds personality type is INTJ, which means he is an intellectual.

    INTJ’s are often the most intelligent of the 16 Personality Types, and make up about 8.4% of the population. INTJ’s are natural born leaders, but they don’t like to be in charge of others. They would rather be in charge of their own lives. INTJ’s are thinkers, who like to solve problems by using logic and reasoning. INTJ’s are also known for their stubbornness, which stems from their need to understand all sides of a situation before forming an opinion.

    Again, you can’t change the type you are, so you shouldn’t try. If you find that you are in a situation where you need to use your intuition more than your IQ, then consider working on your intuition with the Intuitive Mastery program. INTJ women are more likely to understand their intuition than men, which is why they are more likely to look into the Intuitive Mastery program.

    Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969) is a Finnish–American software engineer who is the creator, and historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel, which became the kernel for many Linux distributions and operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS. He also created the distributed version control system Git and the diving logging and planning software Subsurface. He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel". He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.

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