Jakob Nielsen

1957 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Kingdom of Denmark

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Danish

educated at: Technical University of Denmark

occupation: computer scientist, web developer, businessperson, university teacher

award received: Awards and decorations of the United States military

official website: www.nngroup.com

Jakob Nielsen (born 5 October 1957) is a Danish web usability consultant, human–computer interaction researcher, and co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group. He was named the “guru of Web page usability” in 1998 by The New York Times and the “king of usability” by Internet Magazine. Source: Wikipedia (en)