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Here's all I could find about his age in a few minutes:
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-ceo-of-protonmail-andy-yen-says-apple-cares-about-profit-more-than-privacy.html
He was actually born in 1988, according to the author's article. If anyone can find a more reliable resource, please, post it hereπ
Yeah, birth years are super common in usernames (and password, don't use it there). Bob Smith finds his preferred username is taken so becomes BobSmith79 or BobSmith88 or whatever because it's easy an easy enough variation to remember.
You can find patterns/relations in almost anything if you reach for something, kinda like the "six degrees of separation" thing even if there's a more reasonable answer