Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet
How I Built This with Guy Raz
- Published
- September 29, 2025
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- 1h 5m
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- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses What if the founder of one of the internet’s most enduring brands… never wanted to run a company?In …
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What if the founder of one of the internet’s most enduring brands… never wanted to run a company?In 1995, Craig Newmark was a 42-year-old computer programmer in San Francisco who simply wanted to share local tech meetups with friends. He started an email list that became Craigslist—a website that reshaped how we find jobs, apartments, and community.In thi…
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What if the founder of one of the internet’s most enduring brands… never wanted to run a company?In 1995, Craig Newmark was a 42-year-old computer programmer in San Francisco who simply wanted to share local tech meetups with friends. He started an email list that became Craigslist—a website that reshaped how we find jobs, apartments, and community.In this conversation, Craig opens up about how not having a grand vision (or a taste for power) led to one of the most popular platforms in the world