Ben Goodger
Ben Goodger | |
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| Born | London, England |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
| Known for | Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome |
| 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] focusing on the development of ChatGPT Atlas.[5]
Footnotes
[edit]- ↑ Gifford, Adam (9 February 2005). "Free door to software world". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ Fisher, Ken (24 January 2005). "Google hires Firefox lead developer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ "A Kiwi living the dream working for Google in Silicon Valley". Seven Sharp. New Zealand: TVNZ. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.[dead link]
- ↑ McCurdy, Will (23 November 2024). "OpenAI Reportedly Working on Web Browser to Compete With Google Chrome". PCMag. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ Keall, Chris (22 October 2025). "OpenAI releases its first web browser – with a Kiwi leading the charge". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
External links
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- Ben Goodger on X
- Ben Goodger's personal weblog
- Magpie — Ben's Firefox Extension (Maintained now by Christian Wallbaum)
- Old Magpie Archived 25 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine — 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)
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