He Wrote JavaScript in 10 Days Then Built a $1B Empire - Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich: The CANCELED CEO Who Fought Back

Brendan Eich created the JavaScript programming language in just ten days and co-founded Mozilla, only to be ousted from his own company in a controversial political scandal. Instead of retiring, the architect of the modern web returned to wage war on the advertising model he helped create by launching a privacy-focused browser funded by cryptocurrency.

This biography explores Eich's turbulent career, from the frantic coding sprints at Netscape to the rapid initial coin offering of the Basic Attention Token and the rise of Brave Software. We analyze his estimated net worth in 2026, the valuation of his private equity stakes, and his current strategy to integrate artificial intelligence into web browsing. The narrative examines how one engineer's code became the foundation of the internet and his subsequent battle to reclaim user privacy from Silicon Valley giants.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - The Architect of the Web
0:38 - The Ten-Day Miracle
1:37 - The Mozilla Rise and Fall
2:46 - A Brave Second Act
3:45 - The Wealth Equation
4:48 - Where is He Now?
5:47 - The Code That Defines Us