\nCraig Alexander Newmark s-a n\u0103scut pe 6 decembrie 1952 \u00een Morristown, New Jersey, \u00een familia lui Joyce \u015fi a lui Lee Newmark. Pe c\u00e2nd Newmark avea 13 ani, tat\u0103l lui, care era agent de asigur\u0103ri, a murit, a\u015fa c\u0103 mama sa a trebuit s\u0103 se mute \u00een alt\u0103 localitate \u00eempreun\u0103 cu cei doi fii, Craig \u015fi Jeff, din cauza problemelor financiare. \u00cen 1971, antreprenorul a absolvit liceul Morristown \u015fi s-a \u00eenscris la Case Western Reserve University, unde \u00een 1975 a ob\u0163inut o diplom\u0103 de licen\u0163\u0103 \u00een \u015ftiin\u0163e \u015fi, doi ani mai t\u00e2rziu, o diplom\u0103 de master \u00een acela\u015fi domeniu.<\/p>\n
\nDup\u0103 terminarea facult\u0103\u0163ii, a lucrat la IBM timp de 17 ani ca programator, timp \u00een care a locuit \u00een New Jersey, Boca Raton, Florida \u015fi Detroit. \u00cen 1993, s-a mutat \u00een San Francisco pentru a lucra \u00een cadrul Charles Schwab, unde a luat pentru prima dat\u0103 contact cu internetul.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1995 a dezvoltat Craigslist, platform\u0103 pe care a g\u00e2ndit-o ca pe un loc \u00een care oamenii pot s\u0103 se cunoasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 fac\u0103 schimb de informa\u0163ii, f\u0103r\u0103 nicio tax\u0103. El a r\u0103mas activ \u00een cadrul Craigslist \u00een departamentul de servicii pentru clien\u0163i, care se ocup\u0103 \u00een mare parte de spammeri \u015fi escroci. De asemenea, opereaz\u0103 Craigconnects, un site care face reclam\u0103 organiza\u0163iilor caritabile.<\/p>\n
\nDe-a lungul timpului, Newmark a donat peste 143 de milioane de dolari funda\u0163iilor caritabile \u015fi altor organiza\u0163ii nonprofit. El a fost, de asemenea, membru al consiliului \u00een cadrul unor funda\u0163ii ca Sunlight, Electronic Frontier, Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, Summitul Politicilor Tehnice, Centrul pentru Integritate Public\u0103, Centrul de Raportare Investigativ\u0103, Politifact, Uniunea Consumatorilor \u015fi Girls Who Code.<\/p>\n
\nAntreprenorul s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit \u00een 2012 \u00een New Jersey cu Eileen Whelpley, \u00een prezent cuplul locuind \u00een San Francisco. \u00cen mai 2017, \u00een baza unui pachet de 42% din ac\u0163iuni pe care el \u00eel de\u0163inea \u00een cadrul Craigslist, Forbes a estimat averea net\u0103 a lui Newmark la peste 1,3 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 2016, Newmark a sus\u0163inut campania preziden\u0163ial\u0103 a senatorului democrat \u015fi fost secretar de stat al Statelor Unite John Kerry. El l-a sprijinit, de asemenea, pe fostul pre\u015fedinte Barack Obama \u015fi, potrivit publica\u0163iei Variety, ar fi sponsorizat \u015fi campania preziden\u0163ial\u0103 a lui Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n
\nCompania Craigslist, r\u0103sp\u00e2ndit\u0103 ast\u0103zi \u00een aproape 70 de \u0163\u0103ri, are o echip\u0103 de aproximativ 50 de angaja\u0163i \u015fi, potrivit celor mai recente date, \u00een 2016 a \u00eenregistrat venituri de 694 de milioane de dolari. \u00cen prezent, averea antreprenorului se ridic\u0103 la 1,6 miliarde de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cen urm\u0103 cu aproape dou\u0103 decenii \u015fi jum\u0103tate, la scurt timp dup\u0103 apari\u0163ia conceptului de Internet, Craig Newmark a \u00eenfiin\u0163at CraigSlist, una dintre cele mai cunoscute platforme de socializare, cu venituri anuale de zeci de milioane de dolari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[255,15374,9264,9734,18324,171,22950,19707,6909],"class_list":["post-170492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-antreprenori","tag-aparitie","tag-avere","tag-concept","tag-infiintare","tag-internet","tag-new-jersey","tag-timp","tag-venituri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}