Service comes first for Craigslist CEO

Monday, April 21, 2008

Craigslist.org, the largest provider of classifed ads in any medium, charges for only about 6% of its 30 million new ads each month. Kai Ryssdal talks with CEO Jim Buckmaster about the company's business model.

Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist president and CEO (Craigslist)

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Who: Jim Buckmaster, CEO, Craigslist.

Education: He earned an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and studied medicine and classics at the University of Michigan.

What you may not know: He got his job at Craigslist by posting his resume on the site and catching the eye of founder Craig Newmark.

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