- Category:
- Richest Business
- Net Worth:
- $150 Million
- Birthdate:
- Jun 12, 1985 (38 years old)
- Birthplace:
- Miami
- Gender:
- Male
- Profession:
- Programmer
- Nationality:
- United States of America
What is Blake Ross' Net Worth?
Blake Ross is an American computer software developer who has a net worth of $150 million. Blake Ross is probably most famous for developing the Mozilla Web Browser. Blake was born in Miami, Florida in 1985. He attended Gulliver Preparatory School and began programming at a very early age. He created his first website when he was just ten years old. When he turned fifteen, Blake took an internship at Netscape. After graduating high school, he attended Stanford University, but did not finish.
Along with Dave Hyatt, Ross began the Mozilla Firefox project, with the goal of creating a more user-friendly web browser. In 2003, he began devoting all of his time and energy to developing Firefox. Firefox was presented in 2004, and in just a few months it already had been downloaded 100 million times. In 2006 Blake Ross and partner, Joe Hewitt (creator of Firebug) launched a company called Parakey, which was purchased by Facebook in 2007. Today Ross a Director of Product at Facebook.
