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Jay Freeman is an American technologist and entrepreneur best known for creating the Cydia app store for jailbroken iPhones. He is the founder and CEO of the software development company SaurikIT. Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the suburbs of the city. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studied computer science and mathematics. After graduating in 2003, he worked as a software engineer at Apple Inc. for two years. In 2008, Freeman released the Cydia app store for jailbroken iPhones. The store allowed users to download and install third-party applications and tweaks that were not available through the official App Store. Cydia quickly became popular among iPhone users, and Freeman was able to monetize the store by charging developers a fee for hosting their applications. In 2010, Freeman founded SaurikIT, a software development company that specializes in mobile applications and services. The company has developed several popular applications, including the Cydia app store, the WinterBoard theme manager, and the Cycorder video recorder. Freeman is also an active investor in the technology industry, having invested in several startups including the mobile payments company Square. He is also a board member of the non-profit organization Code for America.

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Occupation Technologist, Entrepreneur
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 27 November, 1981
Birthday 27 November
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois
Nationality United States

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2019

As of 2019, Freeman is also a Special District member of the Santa Barbara County Local Agency Formation Commission and a member of the Goleta Library Advisory Commission.

2016

Freeman supported incorporation of Isla Vista, California (the community adjoining UCSB). In January 2016, he announced his candidacy for the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, and in June 2016 he lost in the primary election for that role. He then ran for a four-year seat on the Board of Directors for the Isla Vista Community Services District and was elected in November 2016.

2009

Freeman studied and graduated with a degree in computer science from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2009, he was a doctoral student in computer science at UCSB.

2008

In February 2008, Freeman released the initial version of Cydia, a software distribution and installation tool for jailbroken iOS devices. In May 2009, he added a proprietary store system to Cydia which allows developers to sell their products. In September 2010, his company (SaurikIT, LLC) announced that it had acquired Rock Your Phone, Inc. (makers of Rock.app). SaurikIT and Rock Your Phone were the two largest providers of third party apps.

Freeman has also done software development and security research on the Android OS. In 2008, he ported Debian for use on an Android phone. In April 2013, he built an implementation of a root (jailbreak) for Google Glass and published an analysis of the ramifications. In May 2013, he published a version of Cydia Substrate for Android. In July 2013, he published an analysis and implementation of "Master Key" vulnerabilities for Android.

2002

He built Anakrino, a decompiler for .NET available in 2002. He co-authored a paper published in 2005 about a "Java runtime event specification and monitoring library." He has worked with Brian Fox on multiple freelance projects.

1981

Jay Ryan Freeman (born November 27, 1981) is an American businessman and software engineer. He is known for creating the Cydia software application and related software for jailbroken iOS—a modified version of Apple's iOS (where OS stands for operating system) that allows for the installation and customization of software outside of the regulation imposed by the App Store system.

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