He is
>co-creator of Unix
>creator of B (precursor to C)
>co-creator of Go
>creator of the first shell
>creator of the first text editor (ed)
>creator of grep
>co-creator of UTF-8
>creator of Plan9
>creator of the first chess engine (Belle)
>creator of the first chess endgame tablebases
>winner of the Turing Award
The legend Ken Thompson
>co-creator of Unix
>creator of B (precursor to C)
>co-creator of Go
>creator of the first shell
>creator of the first text editor (ed)
>creator of grep
>co-creator of UTF-8
>creator of Plan9
>creator of the first chess engine (Belle)
>creator of the first chess endgame tablebases
>winner of the Turing Award
The legend Ken Thompson