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Craig Newmark worked for IBM for 17 years as a programmer, he developed the idea of craigslist while working for Charles Schwab.
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he started craigslist as an email list he sent out to friends and their friends about events going on in the San Francisco Bay Area. Actual website went live in 1996.
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Craigslist begins to spread out of San Francisco bay area, to other cities across the US.
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Craig Newmark launches craigconnects, which is a site that publicizes charitable organizations to the media in an effort to gain assistance for that organization.
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Today craigslist is in over 50 countries and is the 11th most visited site in the United States. Craigslist has given craig Newmark a net worth of $400 million.
