Chad Fowler
Programmer, jazz musician and venture capitalist; partner and CTO at BlueYard Capital.
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- Chad Fowler is a programmer, musician and author.
- As of 2026 he is partner and CTO at the venture firm BlueYard Capital.
- He co-founded Ruby Central in 2002, co-organised RubyConf from 2001 to 2012, founded RailsConf and co-created RubyGems.
- He wrote The Passionate Programmer and Rails Recipes.
- He plays saxophone and other reeds in avant-garde jazz and improvised music.
Key facts
- Role
- Partner and CTO, BlueYard Capital (as of 2026)1
- Ruby
- Co-founded Ruby Central (2002); co-organised RubyConf from 2001 to 2012; founded and co-organised RailsConf from 2006 to 2012; co-created RubyGems1
- Books
- The Passionate Programmer; Rails Recipes; co-author of Programming Ruby1
- Earlier
- Led engineering at Wunderlist; worked at Microsoft on startup advocacy1
- Music
- Records free-improvised jazz, e.g. Polkadots & Moonbeams with Eri Yamamoto1
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