4 Most Influential People of the Decade

No. 4:  Sir Tim Berners-Lee


Sir Tim Berners-Lee is the man you can thank for being able to send e-mails, read online magazines, or shop in virtual stores. Berners-Lee is the man behind the World Wide Web; the first one to envision sharing information over the Internet. While his pioneering work for which he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth took place 24 years ago, he is still actively researching ways to make the World Wide Web an even better place. Nowadays, he is the head of the World Wide Web Consortium, the international standards body.