Mozilla Has a New CEO

Mozilla announced today that the former lead of Firefox, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, is its new CEO. He replaces interim CEO Laura Chambers, who served in that capacity for two years and is returning to the Mozilla board of directors.

“No other consumer technology company combines Mozilla’s global reach, technical credibility, and long-standing reputation for independence,” Mozilla president Mark Surman said. “Anthony understands that trust is more than a brand promise, it’s something you earn through how products are built, how data is handled, and how clearly users understand what’s happening. That’s the future we’re building toward.”

Enzor-DeMeo’s message is clear enough: He wants people to trust Mozilla and Firefox to provide fast, modern, secure, and private software.

“Our teams know how to build reliable, independent software at scale, and our business model puts the user first,” he writes. “As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted software company. This is not a slogan. It is a direction that guides how we build and how we grow.”

He has three principles that he says Mozilla will follow under his leadership:

• Every product Mozilla builds must give people agency in how it works. “Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable,” he writes. “Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.”
• Mozilla’s business model must align with trust, with growth coming through transparent monetization that people recognize and value.
• Firefox will remain as Mozilla’s “anchor,” but it evolve from a web browser into a modern AI web browser and a broader ecosystem of trusted software.

“We will move with urgency,” he says. “AI is changing software. Browsers are becoming the control point for digital life. Regulation is shifting defaults. These shifts play to Mozilla’s strengths.”

I hate what’s happened to Mozilla and worry that it’s too late to solve the problems. But I wish Enzor-DeMeo nothing but the best: He’s going to need all the luck in the world to turn Mozilla around.