- Paul Buchheit
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| name = Paul Buchheit
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location =Rochester, New York
homepage = http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/Paul Buchheit is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the creator and lead developer of
Gmail , which anticipated many aspects ofWeb 2.0 , including the idea of Ajax, long before that term was coined. He developed the original prototype ofGoogle AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested the company's now-famous motto "Don't be evil " in a 2001 meeting on company values.Buchheit grew up in
Rochester, New York and went to college atCase Western Reserve University inCleveland, Ohio . He worked at Intel and later became employee #23 atGoogle .He is currently an
angel investor and a founder of the startupFriendFeed .References
* Livingston, Jessica, int. "Founders at Work" (
Apress , 2007).
* Battelle, John, "The Search", p. 138 (Portfolio, 2005).
* Newsvine: [http://rajeshbarnabas.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/29/1335333-the-good-guy-behind-dont-be-evil-and-google-mail "The Good Guy behind Don't Be Evil and Google Mail"]External links
* [http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/ Paul Buchheit's blog]
* [http://friendfeed.com/ FriendFeed]
** [http://friendfeed.com/paul Paul Buchheit's FriendFeed]
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