CentralNotice Brendan Eich From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Brendan Eich Brendan Eich, official Mozilla Foundation photograph, August 21, 2012 Born 1961 (age 53–54) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Santa Clara University Known for JavaScript Website brendaneich .com Brendan Eich ( / ˈ aɪ k / ; born 1960 or 1961) [ 1 ] is an American technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language . He co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation , and served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer and briefly its chief executive officer . [ 2 ] 1 Early life 2 Netscape and JavaScript 3 Mozilla 3.1 CEO appointment and resignation 4 References 5 External links Early life [ edit ] Brendan Eic...