Craig Newmark
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Craig Alexander Newmark (born 6 December 1952 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based website craigslist.
Newmark attended Morristown High School. Upon graduation he attended college at Case Western Reserve University.
At craigslist, various boards link up people for discussion groups, activities and romance, and everything from cookware to the latest computers and accessories can be bought and sold on craigslist. Except for employers posting help wanted ads, all the site's ads are free of charge, benefiting many people who would otherwise have to pay for newspaper charges.
Newmark is a vocal advocate of keeping the Internet free. He has donated $10,000 to a non-profit group, NewAssignment.Net, which plans to combine the work of amateurs and professionals to produce investigative stories on the Internet.
Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley and is politically active. He was on the inauguration committee when the city's mayor-elect Gavin Newsom took office.
[edit] References
- Usborne, David. "Entrepreneur taps mistrust of media for new venture", The Independent, November 23, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
- Kaiser, Nathan. "Interview with Craig Newmark of craigslist.org", nPost, February 25, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
- Greg, Tingle. "Interview with Craig Newmark", Media Man, November 24, 2003. Retrieved on 2006-02-08.
[edit] External links
- craigblog, Craig Newmark's personal blog
- Interview with Craig Newmark on the Tavis Smiley show
- Craig talks to Red Hat, an interview with Deborah Westmoreland in Red Hat Magazine.
- Interview with Craig Newmark on the Businessmakers Radio Show
- Craig Newmark's weblinks
- 2006 Open Source Mentoring Interview with Craig Newmark
