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   Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder Jack Lang dies aged 76   
      
   By Les Pounder published May 2, 2024   
      
   Lang was a 'central part of the Cambridge tech entrepreneurship scene'   
      
   A news post on the Emmanuel College, Cambridge website brings the sad news   
   that Jack Lang, one of the original co-founders of the Raspberry Pi   
   Foundation, passed away on April 23 after a long illness.   
      
   Born in January 1948, Lang matriculated into Emmanuel College in 1966.   
   Lang was a well-known serial entrepreneur and business angel in Cambridge.   
   For Raspberry Pi fans, he is perhaps best known as one of the original co-   
   founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the educational charity linked to   
   the popular single-board computer.   
      
   Raspberry Pi Foundation Founders   
   Eben Upton   
   Rob Mullins   
   Jack Lang   
   Alan Mycroft   
   David Braben   
   Pete Lomas   
   Lang was also a trustee and chairman of the board for the Raspberry Pi   
   Foundation. He also became a non-executive director and chairman of the   
   board for Raspberry Pi LTD, the trading arm of Raspberry Pi which oversees   
   the development of the single board computers.   
      
   We reached out to Raspberry PI CEO, Eben Upton for comment.   
   "It's very sad news. Jack (Lang) was an old friend, and had been a central   
   part of the Cambridge tech entrepreneurship scene, having played an   
   instrumental role in the development of the software for the BBC Micro,   
   since long before I arrived in 1996."   
      
   A fun part of Raspberry Pi history saw Lang store some of the original   
   batch of Raspberry Pi boards in his garage before a select few were sent   
   off for EM testing and certification.   
      
   Lang's life saw his love for computer science lead him to a range of   
   roles. He founded the TopExpress consultancy with Professor Shon Ffowcs-   
   Williams, and as Upton mentioned, Lang (during his time at TopExpress)   
   designed software for the BBC Micro, a computer that later influenced the   
   Raspberry Pi.   
      
   I personally met Lang in 2014 while working with the Raspberry Pi   
   Foundation's Picademy teacher training course. Lang was well respected and   
   ever-present during those early Picademy sessions.   
      
   Lang authored 'The High Tech Entrepreneur's Handbook' and taught Business   
   Studies, Entrepreneurship, and E-commerce for the University of Cambridge   
   Computer Science Laboratory.   
      
   Lang's Raspberry Pi legacy, from those early days with a garage full of   
   Raspberry Pis to the 61 million units today, is enabling young people to   
   learn computing and digital skills.   
      
   The Emmanuel College news post sums Lang up rather well. "Jack was one of   
   the most significant figures in computing education in the UK."   
      
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