Craig Newmark

$1.04B
as of 02/24/21

About Craig Newmark

Craig Newmark is the founder of online marketplace Craigslist, which notches over 50 billion pageviews a month.

The site brings in over $690 million in revenue, largely by charging for adult services ads, brokered apartments in NYC and job postings in 18 cities.

In 2015, he created Craig Newmark Philanthropies, a private foundation supporting veterans, journalism, women in tech, and voter protection.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Craigslist

Residence

San Francisco, California

Marital status

Married

Birth date

12/06/52 (age 71)

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Case Western Reserve University; Master of Science, Case Western Reserve University

Self-made

self-made

Craig Newmark’s fortune is worth

17K

troy ounces of gold

16K

median U.S. household

10K

median U.S. income

0.021%

U.S. credit card volume

0.004%

GDP of the United States

0.003%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Craigslist started out as a newsletter about events in San Francisco.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

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