Netscape browser division and drastically scaled back its involvement with the Mozilla project. Baker became the President of the Mozilla Foundation and was appointed to the five-person Board of Directors. When the Mozilla Corporation was launched as a taxable subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation on August 3, 2005, Baker was named the CEO of the new entity. In addition, she joined the Mozilla Corporation's Board of Directors, though she also kept her seat on the Mozilla Foundation's board, as well as her role as Chairperson. On January 8, 2008, Mozilla announced that Baker, while retaining her role as Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation, would no longer serve as CEO of the Corporation, and that MoCo's Chief Operating Officer John Lilly would take over this role. The reasons cited for this change was Mozilla's rapid growth, which made it difficult for executives to continue to take on many different roles. In April 2020 she was named CEO of Mozilla Corporation again. Negative salary-achievements correlation controversy In 2018 she received a total of $2,458,350 in compensation from Mozilla, which represents a 400% payrise since 2008. On the same period, Firefox marketshare was down 85%. When asked about her salary she stated "I learned that my pay was about an 80% discount to market. Meaning that competitive roles elsewhere were paying about 5 times as much. That's too big a discount to ask people and their families to commit to." In 2020, after returning to the position of CEO, her salary had risen to over $3 million. In the same year the Mozilla Corporation laid off approximately 250 employees due to shrinking revenues. Baker blamed this on the COVID-19 pandemic. Awards and recognition Mitchell Baker was listed among the 2005 Top 100 by Time, in the "Scientists & Thinkers" section. In 2009, Baker received the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership. In 2012, Baker was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society. Personal life Baker's husband is Casey Dunn. She has one son. References External links Firefox, Community and Lizard Wrangling, Mitchell Baker speaks at Stanford University Mitchell Baker's weblog About the Mozilla Foundation (includes information about Baker's role at the Mozilla Foundation) OSAF Mitchell Baker biography BBC Profile of Mitchell Baker for series Valley Girls Netscape people Living people 1957 births Businesspeople from Oakland, California Mozilla people Lawyers from Oakland, California American chairpersons of corporations