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Brewster Kahle Co-Founder and President of Alexa Internet Brewster Kahle founded Alexa Internet with Bruce Gilliat in April 1996. Brewster serves as president and chief executive officer, providing leadership and vision through the development and implementation of strategic plans. Prior to Alexa Internet, Brewster invented the WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) system and in 1989, founded WAIS Inc., a pioneering electronic publishing company. Six years later, he sold the company to America Online. Brewster also helped start Thinking Machines, a parallel supercomputer maker in 1983, serving there as lead engineer for six years. Brewster earned a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982. As a student, he studied artificial intelligence with Marvin Minsky and W. Daniel Hillis. He is profiled in Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite (HardWired, 1996). He was selected as a member of the Upside 100 in 1997, Micro Times 100 in 1996 and 1997, and Computer Week 100 in 1995.