John Lilly

John Lilly was named the chief executive officer of the Mozilla Corporation at the beginning of 2008. He replaced Mitchell Baker who will maintained her role as chairman. Lilly was formerly Mozilla's Chief Operating Officer and joined the company in 2005. Mozilla develops open-source Internet applications that operates under the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.

Fast Facts:

2005: Joined Mozilla as vice president of business development

Member of the Mozilla board of directors

Previously founder and CEO of Reactivity

2007: Reactivity acquired by Cisco

Also worked for Apple and Sun Microsystems

Holds Bachelor's and Master's degree from Stanford

Lilly believes that it would be "ethically wrong" to take Mozilla public¹

A priority for Lilly as CEO will be releasing FireFox 3.0²

In 2006, Mozilla's revenue was $67 million³

Lilly's responsibilities as CEO will include: product, development, technology and execution of the Mozilla Corporation

John Lilly Information

Official Blog: John's Blog
LinkedIn: John Lilly

John Lilly News

Google News: John Lilly
Mozilla: Mozilla Appoints John Lilly as Chief Executive Officer (January 7, 2008)
Mitchell's Blog: Mozilla Corporation CEO and Chairman (January 7, 2008)
John’s Blog: My New Job at Mozilla (January 7, 2008)
Reuters: Mozilla Appoints John Lilly as Chief Executive Officer (January 7, 2008)
Silicon Alley Insider: Mozilla: John Lilly Promoted to CEO. IPO Now a Go? (January 7, 2008)
Silicon Alley Insider: The Mozilla-Firefox IPO Debate: John Lilly Responds (January 3, 2008)
CNET: Mozilla promotes Lilly from COO to CEO (January 7, 2008)

John Lilly Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: John Lilly
Mashable: Mozilla Names John Lilly as New CEO (January 7, 2008)
GigaOM: Mozilla Promotes COO Lilly to CEO Post (January 7, 2008)

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