# Benjamin Trott

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American blogger

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Benjamin Trott Benjamin Trott in 2005 Born (1977-09-22) September 22, 1977 (age 48) Occupation Blogger Known for Co-founder of Six Apart, creator of Movable Type and TypePad

**Benjamin Trott** (born September 22, 1977) is a co-founder (with ex-wife [Mena Trott](/source/Mena_Trott)) of [Six Apart](/source/Six_Apart), creator of [Movable Type](/source/Movable_Type) and [TypePad](/source/TypePad). In November 2010, he became Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of SAY Media, a new [online advertising](/source/Online_advertising) and software company formed by a merger of ad network VideoEgg with Six Apart.[1]

## Education

Trott is a graduate of [Santa Clara University](/source/Santa_Clara_University)[2].

## Career

Before joining SAY Media, Trott was also CTO of Six Apart. He is a regular contributor to [CPAN](/source/CPAN) (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), and has written for [Perl](/source/Perl).com and contributed to *Essential Blogging*. In 2004, he was named to the [MIT](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) [Technology Review](/source/Technology_Review) [TR100](/source/TR35) as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[3]

## Influence of Six Apart

Trott originally developed Movable Type in 2001 during a period of unemployment to help [Mena Trott](/source/Mena_Trott), his wife, with her [blog](/source/Blog), but the commercial potential was shown by over 100 downloads during the first hour it was made public. It became the dominant self-hosted blogging software platform for several years, until surpassed by [WordPress](/source/WordPress) later in the decade.

In 2003, Six Apart launched [TypePad](/source/TypePad), a popular hosted weblog service. Both came under heavy criticism in 2004 after moves to charge users to use the popular Movable Type system, even though there remained a free non-commercial version. In January 2005, Six Apart purchased [LiveJournal](/source/LiveJournal), another pioneer in blogging, later selling it at a profit. The company also started a fourth blogging solution, [Vox](/source/Vox_(blogging_platform)), which it shut down shortly before the [SAY Media](/source/SAY_Media) acquisition in late 2010. Say Media later sold TypePad to Endurance International Group.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["SAY Media: VideoEgg/Six Apart Deal is Closed"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101128094335/http://blog.saymedia.com/2010/11/say-media-videoeggsix-apart-deal-is-closed.html). SAY Media. November 2010. Archived from [the original](http://blog.saymedia.com/2010/11/say-media-videoeggsix-apart-deal-is-closed.html) on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ben Trott '99"](https://www.scu.edu/ethics/about-the-center/people/alumni/ben-trott-99.html). [Markkula_Center_for_Applied_Ethics](/source/Markkula_Center_for_Applied_Ethics). 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["2004 Young Innovators Under 35"](http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2004). [Technology Review](/source/Technology_Review). 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Apply for a Trademark. Search a Trademark"](https://www.trademarkia.com/typepad-78235986.html). *trademarkia.com*. Retrieved 2018-02-02.

## External links

- [SAY Media](http://saymedia.com)

- [About Six Apart](http://sixapart.com/about/)

- [stupidfool.org, Ben Trott's personal blog](http://ben.stupidfool.org/)

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