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Tim Berners-Lee
1955–Present · Inventor of the World Wide Web
He invented the most valuable technology in human history — and gave it away for free. No patents. No licensing. No billion-dollar IPO. He could have been the richest person who ever lived. Instead, he chose open access for all of humanity. When the world monetizes everything, Berners-Lee proved that the most powerful act of virtue is building something magnificent and refusing to own it.