Craig Newmark
Encyclopedia
Craig Alexander Newmark is an Internet
entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco
-based international website
Craigslist
.
and graduated from Morristown High School
, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1971. He is Jewish. 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.
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.
Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley
and is active at Craigslist in customer service, mostly dealing with spammers and scammers. In 2009, he became a member of the Wikimedia Foundation
advisory board, is a member of the New America Foundation
Leadership Council and serves on the board of the Sunlight Foundation
. In 2009, Newmark was named an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin
along with Matt Mullenweg
.
Internet
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entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
-based international website
Website
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Craigslist
Craigslist
Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities featuring free online classified advertisements, with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums....
.
Biography
Newmark was born in Morristown, New JerseyMorristown, New Jersey
Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...
and graduated from Morristown High School
Morristown High School
Morristown High School is a four-year public high school serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Morris School District...
, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1971. He is Jewish. Upon graduation he attended college at Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 and a Master of Science degree in 1977.
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.
Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley
Cole Valley, San Francisco, California
Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in San Francisco.-Location:Its boundaries are usually considered to be Hillway Street to the west, Carmel Street to the south, Clayton Street to the east, and Waller Street to the north...
and is active at Craigslist in customer service, mostly dealing with spammers and scammers. In 2009, he became a member of the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based...
advisory board, is a member of the New America Foundation
New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead....
Leadership Council and serves on the board of the Sunlight Foundation
Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation is a 501 educational organization founded in April 2006 with the goal of increasing transparency and accountability in the United States government....
. In 2009, Newmark was named an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
along with Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg
Matthew Charles Mullenweg is an online social media entrepreneur, web developer and musician living in San Francisco, California. He is best known for his development of the free and open source web software, WordPress...
.
External links
- craigblog, Craig Newmark's personal blogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...