Ben Goodger Explained

Ben Goodger
Birth Place:	London, England
Known For:	Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome
Occupation:	Software engineer
Nationality:	British New Zealander
Website:	Ben Goodger

Ben Goodger (born in London, England) is a British-New Zealand software engineer. He is best known for his work on the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers.

Goodger grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, and graduated from the University of Auckland in May 2003 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.^[1]

Goodger worked at Netscape Communications Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation, where he was the lead developer of Firefox.^[2] He joined Google in 2005, where he was one of the leaders of Google Chrome.^[3] In 2024, he joined OpenAI.^[4]

External links

• • Ben Goodger's personal weblog
• Magpie - Ben's Firefox Extension (Maintained now by Christian Wallbaum)
• Old Magpie - Ben's Firefox Extension info
• Ben Goodger interview on FLOSS Weekly
  • Ben Goodger to Google on CNet News Kiwi leads effort to build a better browser (Paul Brislen, New Zealand Herald, 17 September 2004)
• Unearthing the origins of Firefox (Paul Festa, CNet, 13 October 2004)

Notes and References

1. News: Gifford . Adam . Free door to software world . . 2005-02-09 . 2014-05-06 .
2. News: Fisher . Ken . Google hires Firefox lead developer . . 2005-01-24 . 2014-05-06 .
3. News: A Kiwi living the dream working for Google in Silicon Valley . . New Zealand . . 2014-05-02 . 2014-05-06 .
4. News: OpenAI Reportedly Working on Web Browser to Compete With Google Chrome . Will . McCurdy . November 23, 2024 . November 26, 2024 . PCMag.