Brendan Eich
Creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave
- Age
- 65 yrs
- Birthday in 240 days
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- 2
- Programming language, Web browser
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Brendan Eich is an American programmer who created JavaScript at Netscape in 1995, reportedly in about ten days. It became the programming language of the web. He co-founded Mozilla, briefly served as its CEO in 2014, and later founded Brave Software.
Biography
Background
Eich studied mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University and earned a master’s at the University of Illinois. He worked at Silicon Graphics and MicroUnity.
JavaScript
Hired by Netscape in 1995, he was asked to create a scripting language for the browser that looked like Java. He wrote the prototype, called Mocha, in about ten days in May 1995. Renamed LiveScript and then JavaScript, it shipped in Netscape Navigator 2 and was standardised as ECMAScript.
Mozilla
He co-founded the Mozilla project in 1998 and served as its chief technology officer. In 2014 he became CEO but resigned after 11 days amid controversy over a 2008 donation supporting a California ballot measure against same-sex marriage.
Brave
In 2015 he co-founded Brave Software, whose privacy-focused Brave browser blocks ads and trackers and offers a cryptocurrency reward system.
Timeline
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1961
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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1995
Creates JavaScript at Netscape
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1997
ECMAScript standard
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1998
Co-founds Mozilla
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2005
Mozilla CTO
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2014
Briefly Mozilla CEO
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2015
Co-founds Brave
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2019
Brave 1.0 released
Notable works
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1995
JavaScript Programming language
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2016
Brave Web browser
Did you know?
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1
JavaScript has almost nothing to do with Java apart from the name.
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2
JavaScript runs on nearly every website.
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3
The language was first called Mocha.
Connections
Also born on 4 July
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Steven Sasson
Technology · Kodak engineer who built the first digital camera
1950
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Nadiem Makarim
Technology · Founder of Gojek and former Indonesian education minister
1984
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Richard Garriott
Technology · Creator of the Ultima games and private astronaut
1961
- Donna Dubinsky Technology · CEO of Palm who made the PalmPilot a success 1955
Frequently asked
Who is Brendan Eich?
Brendan Eich is an American programmer who created JavaScript at Netscape in 1995, reportedly in about ten days. It became the programming language of the web. He co-founded Mozilla, briefly served as its CEO in 2014, and later founded Brave Software.
How old is Brendan Eich?
Brendan Eich is 65 years old, born on 4 July 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Where is Brendan Eich from?
Brendan Eich was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
What is Brendan Eich known for?
Brendan Eich is best known for Creating JavaScript in 10 days (1995); co-founding Mozilla; Brave browser.
References
- Brendan Eich — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Official website. brendaneich.com. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Brendan Eich (Q92648) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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- First published 4 November 2026
- Last updated
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