Craig Alexander Newmark (born 6 December 1952) is an Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based website Craigslist.
Contents 1 Early life and background 2 Career 3 See also 4 References and notes 4.1 References 5 External links // Early life and backgroundNewmark was born in Morristown, New Jersey and graduated from Morristown High School, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1971. He is Jewish.12 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
CareerNewmark 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.6 In 2009 Newmark was named an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin along with Matt Mullenweg.
See also List of Case Western people 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 References 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. External links craigblog, Craig Newmark's personal blog
