Arthur van Hoff (born 16 February 1963) is a Dutch computer scientist and businessman.

After studying computer science at the University of Strathclyde and Hogere Informatica Opleiding,^[1] Van Hoff joined Sun Microsystems as an engineer with the Distributed Objects Everywhere team.^[2] In 1993, he joined the Java development team,^[2] writing the language's compiler and taking responsibility for its first release to Netscape in August 1995.^[3][4] In 1996, he left Sun, feeling that the options to develop Java outside of the organization were "too tempting", and established the startup Marimba, serving as its Chief Technology Officer.^[5] At Marimba, Van Hoff led the engineering team in developing a pull technology-based software distribution system, Castanet.^[6]

In 2002, Van Hoff left Marimba,^[7] which was acquired by BMC Software for $240 million.^[8] He started Strangeberry, a startup that developed software to play computer-stored content on televisions. It was acquired by TiVo, Inc. in January 2004^[7] and he joined TiVo as Principal Engineer. He resigned from TiVo in 2005^[9] and later joined Flipboard as their Chief Technology Officer.^[10] He left Flipboard in November 2012^[11] and started Jaunt Virtual Reality with co-founders Tom Annau and Jens Christensen.^[12] He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Jaunt, Inc., as well as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Redpoint Ventures.^[1]