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Tech heroes of the past: Where are they now?
August 7, 2009
in Tech Musings
Have you ever wondered what the guy who invented the World Wide Web is up to these days? What about the guys who created Photoshop, or the one who created the PHP scripting language?
You may not recognize all of these people, but you’ll definitely recognize what they’ve accomplished. These are people who have made great contributions to computer and Internet technology in the past… but what are they up to now?
This list is a starting point, so help us add to it in the comments!
Tim Berners-Lee
Famous for: Inventing HTML and the World Wide Web, and founding the W3C which oversees the development of the Web.
What he does now: He is the director of W3C and the World Wide Web Foundation, co-Director of the Web Science Research Initiative, and in June 2009 it was announced that he will be helping the UK government make data more accessible on the Web.
Marc Andreessen
Famous for: Co-founding of Netscape and being one of the creators of Mosaic, the first web browser to gain widespread popularity.
What he does now: He is the co-founder and owner of Ning (together with Gina Bianchini) and also serves on the board of Facebook and eBay. He is also an investor in startups like Digg, Netvibes and Twitter and recently announced his new venture capital firm, the Andreessen Horowitz fund.
Vint Cerf
Famous for: Co-designing the TCP/IP protocol suite (together with Robert Kahn). Often called the “Father of the Internet.”
What he does now: He is the Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and serves on the board of Scientists and Engineers for America.
Steve Wozniak
Famous for: Co-founding Apple (with Steve Jobs).
What he does now: He is the chief scientist at Fusion-io, a data storage and server company. He also appeared on Dancing With The Stars in 2009.
Niklas Zennström
Famous for: Co-founding first Kazaa and then Skype (both together with Janus Friis).
What he does now: He runs the VC fund Atomico Ventures, which has funded startups such as Last.fm, Fon and Seesmic. He is also the co-founder of Joost (again together with Janus Friis).
Jeff Hawkins
Famous for: Founding Palm Computing and inventing the Palm Pilot.
What he does now: He has been working on neuroscience full time and is a co-founder of Numenta, a company that develops pattern recognition software.
Shawn Fanning
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