A passionate advocate for public Internet access and a successful entrepreneur, Brewster Kahle has spent his career intent on a singular focus: providing Universal Access to All Knowledge. He is the founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, one of the largest digital libraries in the world, serving over one million patrons each day. With 150 staff members in the United States, Canada, England, Netherlands and China and digitization centers at the Library of Congress, Princeton University, University of Toronto, and Boston Public Library, the Internet Archive works with more than 1,250 library and university partners to create a free digital library, accessible to all.
Since founding the Internet Archive in 1996, Kahle continues to guide all aspects of the organization including policy, strategic direction, and the development of new technologies. He is a prolific writer, speaker, and advocate for ways we can create technology that reflects our deepest values: privacy, security, and accessibility. Under Kahle’s leadership, the Internet Archive launched the Wayback Machine, the only public archive of the web, and archive.org remains one of the 300 most popular websites in the world.
