Brendan Eich

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brendan Eich
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1961(1961-07-04)
Age	63
Birthplace	Pittsburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Cancer

Brendan Eich Biography

Brendan Eich is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 4, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. American businessman, best known as the former CEO and founder for The Mozilla Corporation. He is the one who invented the popular JavaScript programming language.

He and co-entrepreneur He and fellow entrepreneur Marc Andreessen both formerly worked for the computer services company Netscape Communications. both previously worked at the company that provides computer services Netscape Communications.

Brendan Eich grew up in Pittsburgh; Gaithersburg, Maryland; and Palo Alto, and he attended Ellwood P. Cubberley High School, graduating in the class of 1979. Eich received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University. He received his master’s degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He started work at Netscape Communications Corporation in April 1995. Eich originally joined intending to put Scheme “in the browser”, but his Netscape superiors insisted that the language’s syntax resemble that of Java. The result was a language that had much of the functionality of Scheme, the object orientation of Self, and the syntax of Java. The first version was completed in ten days in order to accommodate the Navigator 2.0 Beta release schedule, and was called Mocha, but renamed LiveScript in September 1995 and later JavaScript in December. Eich continued to oversee the development of SpiderMonkey, the specific implementation of JavaScript in Navigator.

He was married to a lady who was named Eleanor who has many children.

Brendan Eich Net Worth

Brendan Eich is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brendan Eich 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his Master’s degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 1985. He later was employed at Silicon Graphics for seven years.

He resigned in April of 2014. resigned out as the Mozilla’s CEO in April 2014. Mozilla amid controversy over his support for Proposition 8 in California. California anti-same-sex marriage bill called Proposition 8.

Brendan Eich (/ˈ aɪ k / ; 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. He is the CEO of Brave Software.

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Who is Brendan Eich Dating?

According to our records, Brendan Eich married to Eleanor Eich. As of December 1, 2023, Brendan Eich’s is not dating anyone.

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On March 26 2014 Eich expressed “sorrow for causing pain” and pledged to “work with LGBT communities and allies” at Mozilla. Some of the activists created an online campaign against Eich, with online dating site OkCupid automatically displaying a message to Firefox users with information about Eich’s donation, and suggesting that users switch to a different browser (although giving them a link to continue with Firefox).

Facts & Trivia

Brendan Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brendan Eich celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.

Eich is the CEO of Brave Software, an Internet browser platform company that raised $2.5 million in early funding from angel investors. On January 2016, the company released developer versions of its open-source Brave web browser, which blocks ads and trackers.

Who is the father of JavaScript?

Brendan Eich

What did Brendan Eich invent?

Inventions

Why did Brendan Eich resign?

The new chief executive of Mozilla, the firm behind the Firefox web browser, has resigned following a furore over a donation he made in support of a ban on gay marriage in California.

When was Brendan Eich born?

July 4, 1961 (age 61 years)

Is JavaScript written in 7 days?

Brendan Eich, a Netscape Communications Corporation programmer, created JavaScript in September 1995. It took Eich only 10 days to develop the scripting language, then known as Mocha.