CEOINSIDER
← Leaders

Stormy Peters is the CEO of GNOME Foundation. Peters is based in the United States. Peters was born in 2000 and educated at Rice University.

Stormy Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. She previously worked for Mozilla Corporation, Cloud Foundry, and Red Hat. In August 2019 she joined Microsoft.

Recent developments

AI summary of recent coverage

Recent coverage has focused on Stormy Peters' appointment as executive director of the GNOME Foundation, with reporting highlighting both the significance of the leadership transition and subsequent controversy surrounding the hiring decision. Earlier career coverage recognized Peters among prominent women engineers in the technology industry.

Summarized from the headlines below; see each source for the full story.

Born
2000
Citizenship
United States
Education
Rice University

Our coverage

On CEOInsider

No feature yet. When we publish a feature, interview or cover story on Stormy Peters, it will appear here — and tie into the news timeline.

Stormy Peters: FAQ

What company does Stormy Peters lead?
Stormy Peters is CEO of GNOME Foundation.
Where was Stormy Peters educated?
Stormy Peters studied at Rice University.