Early Life
Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa as a son of a surgeon and a nursery school teacher. After attending school at Rondebosch Boys' Preparatory School for one term, then Western Province Preparatory School (where Shuttleworth eventually became Head Boy in 1986), followed by Bishops/Diocesan College (where Shuttleworth was Head Boy in 1991). Shuttleworth then studied and obtained a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Finance and Information Systems at the University of Cape Town. He lived in Smuts Hall, where he was involved in the installation of the first residential Internet connections at the university.
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