P. J. Hyett
Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 40)
Naperville, Illinois, US
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 4 0 0 0 0 24 17th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD AO Racing Team 9 0 0 0 0 2015 16th
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Kelly-Moss Road and Race 6 0 0 0 0 0 38th
2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Proton Competition

† 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
5 		BHR
10 		17th 24

* 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
6 		IMS
10 		PET
8 		16th 2015
2024 AO Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS ATL

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points
2023–24 Proton Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEP
1
4 		SEP
2
5 		DUB ABU
1 		ABU
2 		6th* 22*

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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