Ben Goodger

British-New Zealand software engineer

Ben Goodger
Born
London, England
NationalityBritish New Zealander
OccupationGoogle Chrome developer
WebsiteBen Goodger

Ben Goodger (born in London, England) is a British-New Zealand software engineer, formerly employee of Netscape Communications Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation and former lead developer of the Firefox web browser.[1]

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.[2] He now lives in Los Altos Hills, California and is currently working for Google Inc., where he leads user experience for the Google Chrome project.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Fisher, Ken (24 January 2005). "Google hires Firefox lead developer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ^ Gifford, Adam (9 February 2005). "Free door to software world". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ^ "A Kiwi living the dream working for Google in Silicon Valley". Seven Sharp. New Zealand: TVNZ. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ben Goodger.
  • Ben Goodger on Twitter
  • 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)


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