Craig Newmark
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| Born | December 6, 1952 Morristown, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University |
| Known for | Founder of the website Craigslist |
Craig Alexander Newmark (born 6 December 1952) is an Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based international website Craigslist.
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[edit] Biography
Newmark was born in Morristown, New Jersey and graduated from Morristown High School, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1971. He is Jewish.[1][2] Upon graduation he attended college at Case Western Reserve University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 and a Master of Science degree in 1977.[3]
Newmark is a vocal advocate of keeping the Internet free. In 2006 he 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.[4]
Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley and is active at Craigslist in customer service, mostly dealing with spammers and scammers.[5] In 2009 he became a member of the Wikimedia Foundation advisory board and serves on the board of the Sunlight Foundation.[6] In 2009 Newmark was named an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin along with Matt Mullenweg.
[edit] References and notes
- ^ "Craig Newmark interview". Somethingjewish. http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1665_craig_newmark_interv.htm. Retrieved December 16th, 2009.
- ^ "Web guru hails from Morristown", Daily Record (Morristown), June 26, 2004.
- ^ http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2008/03/25/degrees
- ^ Usborne, Ryan (November 23, 2005). "Entrepreneur taps mistrust of media for new venture". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article328715.ece. Retrieved 2006-02-08.
- ^ "The Josh Kornbluth Show: Craig Newmark" (SWF). KQED-TV / Google. October 17, 2005. pp. 27 minute runtime. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8625237967610875547. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- ^ AP Article[dead link]
[edit] Further reading
- Usborne, Ryan (November 23, 2005). "Entrepreneur taps mistrust of media for new venture". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article328715.ece. Retrieved 2006-02-08.
- Tingle, Greg (November 24, 2003). "Interview with Craig Newmark". Media Man. http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/newmark.html. Retrieved 2006-02-08.
- "Web guru hails from Morristown". Daily Record (Morristown). June 26, 2004. http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-Craigslist.htm. Retrieved 2004-04-29.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- craigblog, Craig Newmark's personal blog
- Craig Newmark on Charlie Rose in 2007
