Death Summary: Michael Homer died at his home in Atherton, California from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare neurodegenerative disorder.

The disease has been likened to “mad cow disease” for humans.

Who was Michael Homer : Homer was a Silicon Valley executive who aided in the development of the PC (personal computer), the Internet and various “hand-held” items. He also was a key figure at Netscape Communications Corporations in the mid 90’s, which would go on to commercialize the web browser.

It’s been stated that Homer had a wide array of industry knowledge, which came from working at Apple Computer in the late 80’s and the Go Corporation, one of the first software development companies for hand-held devices.

Homer left Netscape in 2000 after AOL bought them. He spent the rest of his time mentoring and financing the next wave of Internet entrepreneurs.

Categories: Business, Internet.