2 Quotes & Sayings By David Hurst

David Hurst is a best-selling author and British-born entrepreneur known as the “Father of the Internet.” He was the first to develop a commercially viable version of the Internet, which he named Telenet in 1978. In the mid-1980s, he sold his company to what today is France Telecom, and later founded a company called Open Market, which became an early pioneer in online commerce. In 1984, Hurst was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as a member of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. He is also a cofounder of the London Stock Exchange Group and serves as Chairman Emeritus of the London Stock Exchange.