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Tim Berners-Lee

World Wide Web Inventor

WWW HTTP HTML

Biography

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at CERN. He created HTTP, HTML, and the first web browser and server.

Daily Work

  • Leading the Web Foundation
  • Advocating for web standards
  • Working on Solid project for data sovereignty
  • Advising on web governance

Challenges

“The web as I envisioned it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.”

Impact

Tim created the foundation of the modern internet, enabling global communication and commerce that transforms every aspect of life.

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