In 1994, to maintain and advance the development of web standards, Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Laboratory for Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). W3C continues to play a vital role in developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web. In 2003, MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science merged with the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to form the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), further strengthening research in these domains.
In 1999, Berners-Lee became the first holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at MIT. He was appointed a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton in the UK in December 2004. As co-director of the Web Science Trust from 2006 to 2011, he helped establish a multidisciplinary research initiative to study the impact and structure of the Web.
A strong advocate for the open and free use of the internet, Berners-Lee champions issues such as data privacy and the liberty of information. In 2011, he became a member of the Board of Trustees at the Ford Foundation. Additionally, he serves as the president of the UK-based Open Data Institute, an organization committed to the ethical use of open data to drive innovation and transparency.
Berners-Lee has received numerous accolades for his work, including being one of the first three recipients of the Mikhail Gorbachev Award for “The Man Who Changed the World.” As of recent estimates, his net worth is approximately $50 million. He married Nancy Carlson in his second marriage, with whom he had two children. That marriage ended, and he later married Rosemary Leith, who had three children from a previous marriage. Together, they have a blended family of five children.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 8 Jun, 1955 |
| Age: | 64 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | London |
| residence: | Concord |
| Education: | The Queen's College Emanuel School |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | British computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
