In the world of technology, names like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are instantly recognizable. But behind many of the digital services people use every day is a quiet French engineer whose work has shaped the modern internet without making headlines, according to a report in ETimes.
That engineer is Fabrice Bellard. For more than three decades, Bellard has remained largely out of the public spotlight. Yet his software and innovations have played a crucial role in online video streaming, data compression and computing technologies used by billions of people around the world.
