Mark Surman
- January 9, 2024
- Engineer
Quick Facts
Mark Surman Biography
| Name | Mark Surman |
| Birthday | Feb 20 |
| Birth Year | 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | Toronto |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Mark Surman is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on February 20, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Surman earned his bachelor’s degree in the field of the history of community media at his university, the University of Toronto in 1994.
From 2005 until in 2008 Surman served as the director-general of telecentre.org. It was founded in 2005 by the Canadian International Development Research Centre, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation as well as Microsoft, telecentre.org worked to connect the telecentres around the world and increase their sustainability.
In 2012 Surman launched Mozilla’s Maker Party. In those events, volunteers associated with the Mozilla Foundation teach web-literacy classes, focusing on tools, projects, and community.
In 2013, foundation volunteers conducted 1,700 teaching events in 331 cities. At the White House’s first-ever Maker’s Faire in 2014, hosted by President Barack Obama, Surman and Mozilla announced that Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National 4-H Council, and the Association of Science and Technology Centers would partner with Mozilla for the 2014 Maker Parties.
The year 2005 was the time that Prentice Hall published his book “Commonspace: Beyond Virtual Community.” Then “From the Ground Up: The Evolution of the Telecentre Movement” was published by Telecentre.org in 2006.
Mark Surman Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Engineer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mark Surman is one of the richest Engineer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Surman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The year 1998 was the time that Surman founded and was the the president of the Commons Group, providing advice on technology, networks and social changes.
Then, in August of 2008 Surman was appointed executive director for the Mozilla Foundation, an independent non-profit organization that was established on the 15th of July 2003, after America Online shut down the Netscape browser division. The company also reduced its involvement in Mozilla. Mozilla project.
The Shuttleworth Foundation, which provides funding for people engaged in social change, awarded Surman one of its inaugural fellowship in 2007. There he helped advance thinking about how to apply open source approaches to philanthropy.
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Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Mark Surman celebrates birthday on February 20 of every year.