Michael Arrington
J. Michael Arrington (born March 13 1970 in Orange, California)[1] is a serial entrepreneur and the maintainer of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley and wider United States technology start-up community.
TechCrunch
As of October, 2007, TechCrunch is ranked the 4th most popular internet blog by Technorati[2], with more than half a million web feed subscribers. Alexa ranks TechCrunch the 635th most popular website in the world.[3] Magazines such as Wired and Forbes have named Arrington one of the most powerful people on the internet. [4][5]
Biography
Arrington grew up California and Surrey, England and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a major in economics. He went on to Stanford Law School and graduated in 1995.[6] Arrington was co-founder of Achex, which was sold to First Data Corp for US$32 million and is now the back end of Western Union online. His other entrepreneurial endeavors include co-founding Zip.ca and Pool.com, acting as chief operating officer for Razorgator, and founding Edgeio.
Notes
- ^ http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/genib.png Screenshot Techcrunch
- ^ Technorati Rank
- ^ Alexa Rank
- ^ Forbes' 25 Web Celebrities
- ^ Wired 4th Most Powerful Blogger
- ^ http://www.techcrunch.com/about-michael-arrington/ TechCrunch Bio
External links
- TechCrunch
- CrunchNotes
- "TechCrunch Site Makes Arrington A Power Broker", Wall Street Journal, 2006-11-03
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