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Craigslist CEO keeps focus on service

Kai Ryssdal Apr 22, 2008
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Craigslist CEO keeps focus on service

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EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

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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