April 3, 2014
Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla CEO
Brendan Eich resigned as MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. CEO on April 3, 2014 after only days in the role — controversy over a political donation.
What it was for
Eich created JavaScript in ten days in 1995 and later co-founded Brave. His brief MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. tenure and exit showed how founder-legends intersect with modern corporate governance and community politics.
People
- Brendan Eich — ceo
Companies
- Mozilla
Why it's here
Eich embodies JavaScript's creation and a dramatic open-source leadership moment.
Why it mattered
It raised questions about separating creators' personal views from their technical legacy.
What it solved
MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. faced community trust crisis immediately after appointing a co-founder as CEO.
Media
ImageBrendan EichDarcy Padilla, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- JavaScript name announced by Netscape and SunDecember 4, 1995