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Jim Buckmaster was born on 14 August, 1962 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., is an American businessman. Discover Jim Buckmaster's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Computer programmer, CEO of craigslist
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 14 August 1962
Birthday 14 August
Birthplace Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
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1962

Jim Buckmaster (born August 14, 1962) is an American computer programmer who has been the CEO of Craigslist since 2000.

Buckmaster was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

He graduated with a bachelor's from Virginia Tech and attended medical school at the University of Michigan.

1986

However, he dropped out in 1986, citing a lack of interest.

He remained a student for the next ten years by taking at least one class for credit, therefore maintaining certain student privileges like gym access.

During this time, he audited classics courses, did data entry, and eventually taught himself how to code.

1990

In the early 1990s, he worked as a programmer for the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, where he designed the organization's web interface.

Buckmaster later got a job in San Jose, California and moved to San Francisco, where he commuted 5 hours roundtrip to work.

During the Dot-com bubble, he worked as a webmaster for a short lived tech company, Creditland, in San Francisco.

1999

In late 1999, Buckmaster posted his resume onto Craigslist, where he was recruited by Craig Newmark, the founder of the website.

As lead programmer, he contributed to the site's multi-city architecture, search engine, discussion forums, flagging system, self-posting process, homepage design, personals categories, and best-of-craigslist.

2000

In November 2000, he was promoted to the post of CEO.

Buckmaster wrote a series of haiku that appear in lieu of error messages on craigslist:

"The little poems he has written appear on the screen at times when users might expect a helpful message from the staff. They function as a gnomic clue that what you are seeing is intentional, while discouraging further conversation or inquiry. For instance, start too many conversations in the forums and your new threads may fail to show up. Instead, you will see this:

'Frogs croak and gulls cry

silently a river floods

a red leaf floats by.'"

Referring to the purple peace sign he created that serves as craigslist's symbol and favicon:

On the topic of craigslist's company culture:

Buckmaster also manages the Craigslist Charitable Fund and serves as executive producer for craigslist TV.

A fan of Noam Chomsky, Buckmaster has been accused of being "anti-capitalistic", which Buckmaster claims is an inaccurate characterization:

"Companies looking to maximize revenue need to throw as many revenue-generating opportunities at users as they will tolerate," Buckmaster says.

"We have absolutely no interest in doing that, which I think has been instrumental to the success of craigslist."

Buckmaster was once denounced on Fox News by Reverend Jerry Falwell.