P. J. Hyett

P. J. Hyett
Born	(1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41) Naperville, Illinois, US
Education	North Central College
Occupation	Software developer
Known for	Co-founder of GitHub
Spouse	Kendra Hyett
Children	2
Website	https://hyett.com/

Phillip Jeffrey Hyett (born August 10, 1983) is an American software developer, technology entrepreneur, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008.^[1]

In 2022 Hyett founded an auto racing team, AO Racing, an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona program, to compete in GT3 races.^[2][3] He currently competes in IMSA's LMP2 class.

About

Hyett was born on August 10, 1983,^[4] and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Central College. After graduation, Hyett moved to San Francisco. He was a senior software engineer at CNET Networks, and then a partner at Err Free, before co-founding GitHub in 2008.^[5]

Following the acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft in June 2018, Hyett's stake in the company had an estimated value of "close to $1 billion".^[6]

Racing career

In 2022, Hyett made his racing debut at the Watkins Glen circuit in the GT World Challenge America series, driving for Team Hardpoint alongside Gunnar Jeannette.^[7] The duo subsequently partook in the final round of the Le Mans Cup prior to moving into the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[8] Led by pro driver Ben Barnicoat, Hyett and Jeannette finished second on their first WEC outing at Bahrain.^[9]

Having formed AO Racing in the autumn of 2022, the Hyett and Jeannette duo partnered with WEC outfit Team Project 1 to contest the full season in 2023. As well as that, Hyett took part in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving together with Sebastian Priaulx.^[10] The campaign did not prove fruitful, as the American missed out on any podiums in addition to suffering a crash in qualifying which made him miss the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps due to a back injury.^[11][12]

The American experienced a turnaround during the winter, where he partnered Paul-Loup Chatin and Harry Tincknell in the LMP2 class of the Asian Le Mans Series.^[13] After two top-five finishes at Sepang, Hyett scored the first pole position of his car at the Dubai Autodrome.^[14] Though he and his Proton Competition teammates finished a lowly eighth in the teams' standings, Hyett had demonstrated improved pace in the leadup to a full-time switch to the category, as he and Chatin paired up for AO Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.^[15]

Hyett also took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024, driving an AO Oreca 07 run by TF Sport alongside Louis Delétraz and Alex Quinn.^[16]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	1	0	0	0	1	27	18th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	Team Hardpoint	1	0	0	0	0	4	17th
	GT America Series - SR03		2	0	0	1	1	0	NC†
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Schnitzelalm Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Project 1 – AO	4	0	0	0	0	24	17th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	AO Racing Team	9	0	0	0	0	2015	16th
	Porsche Carrera Cup North America	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	6	0	0	0	0	0	38th
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Proton Competition	5	0	1	0	0	30	9th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	AO Racing	4	0	3	0	0	1029*	10th*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	AO by TF	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th

† As Hyett was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2022	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB	SPA	LMS	MON	FUJ	BHR 2		18th	27
2023	Project 1 – AO	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 12	PRT	SPA WD	LMS 7	MNZ	FUJ 5	BHR 10	17th	24
Sources:[17][18]

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	Project 1 - AO	Matteo Cairoli Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	309	35th	7th
2024	AO by TF	Louis Delétraz Alex Quinn	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	295	20th	6th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			2nd
Sources:[17][19]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
2023	AO Racing Team	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 14	SEB 16	LBH DNS	MON	WGL 14	MOS 8	LIM 7	ELK 11	VIR 6	IMS 10	PET 8	16th	2015	[20]
2024	AO Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 8	SEB 11	WGL 7	MOS 8	ELK 3	IMS 4	ATL 7					6th	1942	[21]
Source:[17]

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 4	SEP 2 5	DUB 7	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 Ret	9th	30
Source:[17]

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