1990 Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, publishes a formal proposal for the creation of the World Wide Web.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/berners_lee_tim.shtml

Why the Man Who Invented the Web Isn't Rich http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/why-the-man-who-invented-the-web-isnt-rich/260848/