• MongoDB is a NoSQL database that was developed by 10gen, a company founded by Dwight Merriman and Eliot Horowitz in 2007.
• The first version of MongoDB was released in 2009, and it quickly gained popularity among developers due to its ease of use, scalability, and flexibility.
• In 2013, 10gen changed its name to MongoDB Inc. to better reflect its focus on the development of the MongoDB database.
• In 2017, MongoDB Inc. went public, and the company has continued to grow and expand its offerings, including the introduction of a cloud-based database service called MongoDB Atlas.
• Today, MongoDB is used by a wide range of companies and organizations,

The name "MongoDB" is derived from the word "humongous," reflecting the database's ability to store and manage large amounts of data.

MongoDB was created by Dwight Merriman and Eliot Horowitz, who were both developers at DoubleClick, which was later acquired by Google. While working on a project to manage large amounts of data across multiple data centers, they found that traditional relational databases didn't provide the performance and scalability they needed. They decided to build their own database system, which eventually became MongoDB.

MongoDB quickly gained popularity among developers due to its flexibility, scalability, and ease of use. It also has a wide range of features, including support for indexing, replication, sharding, and aggregation.

Today, MongoDB is used by some of the world's largest companies, including Adobe, eBay, Forbes, and The New York Times, to manage and process their data. The company MongoDB Inc. has also developed a range of related products and services, including cloud hosting, analytics, and consulting services.

Dwight Merriman

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