Guido van Rossum is a noted Dutch computer programmer and author, better known for creating the ‘Python’ programming language that earned him the title of the "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL). He later stepped down as the “BDFL” of Python in July 2018. After obtaining his master's degree in mathematics and computer science from the ‘University of Amsterdam,’ Guido worked at several research institutes, such as the ‘Corporation for National Research Initiatives ‘(CNRI), the ‘US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),’ and the ‘Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica’ (CWI) in the Netherlands. While working in the Netherlands, he wrote and contributed a glob() routine to ‘BSD Unix’ and also aided in developing the ‘ABC’ programming language. He was involved in discussions on the ‘HTML’ standard and developed the free extensible multi-platform web browser ‘Grail,’ written in ‘Python.’ He worked with ‘Zope Corporation’ and ‘Elemental Security’ before joining ‘Google,’ where he spent half his time developing ‘Python.’ ‘Python’ eventually became a popular and influential programming language. He later joined ‘Dropbox.’ Guido won the ‘Award for the Advancement of Free Software’ among other honors and accolades.