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Mitchell Baker
Helping build Mozilla and its open-source browser project.
Mozilla Public License · Mozilla Foundation
- Born
- 1957
- Birthplace
- United States
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Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker is an American lawyer and technology leader who co-founded the Mozilla Foundation. Her work combined software licensing, organisational leadership and advocacy for an open internet.
Early life
Berkeley studies
Earned a degree in Chinese studies in 1979.
Legal training
Completed a law degree at Berkeley in 1987 before working with technology businesses.
Career
- 1994
Netscape
Joined its legal department and worked on software and intellectual property.
- 1999
Mozilla leadership
Became general manager of mozilla.org.
- 2003
Independent foundation
Helped establish the Mozilla Foundation.
- 2025
Departure
Ended her service on Mozilla’s foundation and corporation boards.
Companies & projects
Mozilla Public License
Helped create the legal framework for the open-source project.
Mozilla Foundation
Helped turn the browser project into an independent organisation.
Firefox
Led organisational work behind the browser’s emergence as a major alternative.
Beyond work
Open internet
Advocated for technology shaped around users and public benefit.
Family
Has a son with her husband Casey Dunn.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Mozilla leadership announcement ↗Photo: Joi Ito, cropped by User:Vaticidalprophet. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
