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Craig Newmark is born
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Worked for IBM
Craig Newmark worked for IBM for 17 years as a programmer, he developed the idea of craigslist while working for Charles Schwab. -
Craigslist founded
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. -
Craiglist spreads
Craigslist begins to spread out of San Francisco bay area, to other cities across the US. -
craigconnects
Craig Newmark launches craigconnects, which is a site that publicizes charitable organizations to the media in an effort to gain assistance for that organization. -
Today
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.
