Brendan Eich

A man who invented Javascript

Brendan Eich (/ˈaɪk/; born July 4, 1961) is an American technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language. He co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer and briefly, as its chief executive officer.

Here's a time line of Brendan Eich:

  • July 4, 1961- Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • 1979- Graduated from Cubberley High School
  • 1985- Received masters degree
  • 1995 - Eich started work at Netscape Communications Corporation
  • 1998 - Eich co-founded the free and open source software project Mozilla with Jamie Zawinski and others
  • 2014 - Mozilla made the decision to appoint Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corporation

"Brave plays the long game on behalf of users first, and also publishers, to win a better Web with fast, safe browsing, anonymous micropayments, and user control over data."

-- Lovers of Javascript

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