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American entrepreneur (born )

Mitchell David Kapor (KAY-por; born November 1, ^[1][2]) is an American entrepreneur best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus spreadsheet.

He left Lotus in In with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until In , he became the founding chair of the Mozilla Foundation, creator of the open source web browser Firefox. Kapor has been an investor in the personal computing industry, and supporter of social causes via Kapor Capital^[3] and the Kapor Center.^[4] He serves on the board of SMASH,^[5] a non-profit founded by his wife, Freada Kapor Klein, to help underrepresented scholars hone their STEM knowledge while building personal networks and skills for careers in tech and the