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Brendan Eich
Computer scientist

Brendan Eich

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Creating JavaScript and co-founding Mozilla and Brave.

JavaScript · SpiderMonkey

Born
4 July 1961
Birthplace
United States

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Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich is an American programmer whose work helped shape interactive web browsers.

Early life

University

Studied mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University.

Graduate study

Completed a master’s degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Career

  1. 1985

    Systems programming

    Began working at Silicon Graphics.

  2. 1995

    Netscape

    Joined the browser company and created a scripting language.

  3. 1998

    Mozilla

    Helped establish the open-source project.

  4. 2015

    Brave

    Co-founded a browser company with Brian Bondy.

Contributions

JavaScript

Created a language for adding behaviour to web pages.

SpiderMonkey

Built the original JavaScript execution engine.

Brave browser

Released a browser designed around privacy and advertising controls.

Beyond the lab

Public controversy

Resigned as Mozilla’s chief executive in 2014 amid controversy over his donation opposing same-sex marriage.

Open development

Helped establish the Mozilla Foundation as an independent organisation after AOL ended its browser division.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Further source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Darcy Padilla. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.