# Ken Thompson American computer scientist who, with [[wiki/Dennis Ritchie|Dennis Ritchie]], created [[wiki/Unix|Unix]] at [[wiki/Bell Labs|Bell Labs]]. Thompson later co-created the [[wiki/Go Programming Language|Go programming language]] at Google, extending Bell Labs' methodological influence into the modern cloud computing era. His career arc exemplifies the personnel diaspora documented in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].