Brendan Eich
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Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich is an American technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language.


Brendan Eich is an American technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language.

Eich co-founded the Mozilla Project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as chief technical officer of Mozilla Corporation and briefly as chief executive officer.

Eich is the CEO of Brave Software, an Internet security company that has raised $2.5 million in early funding from angel investors.
On 20 January 2016, the company released developer versions of its open source Brave web browser, which blocked advertisements and trackers and included a micropayment system to offer users a choice between viewing selected ads or paying websites not to view them.

At Brave Software, Eich co-created the Basic Attention Token (BAT), a cryptocurrency designed for use in the Brave browser. BAT launched its ICO on 31 May 2017 and raised $35 million.

Current job

  • Brave Browser, co-founder and CEO
  • Basic attention token, Creator

Previous job

  • Mozilla, CEO, 2014
  • Mozilla, CTO and SVP Engineering, 2013-2014
  • Mozilla, CTO, 2005-2013
  • Mozilla, Chief Architect, 2003-2005
  • Netscape, Principal Engineer/Chief Architect, 1995-2003
  • MicroUnity, Software Engineer, 1992-1995
  • Silicon Graphics, Software Engineer, 1985-1992

Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS, Computer Science, 1983-1985
  • University of Santa Clara, BS, Mathematics/Computer Science, 1979-1983


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