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Michael Arrington
Michael Arrington
J. Michael Arrington
Biography
Arrington grew up in California, USA 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 cofounder of Achex, an internet payments company, 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.
TechCrunch
Arrington rose to internet stardom with his hugely popular Silicon Valley blog, TechCrunch. TechCrunch covers internet startups and news, and has been the origin of several startup news scoops and exclusives. Arrington is also known to speak his mind on TechCrunch, and also to ridicule legal threats received against him and/or TechCrunch, The Pirate Bay-style.[7]
Arrington at the World Economic Forum Born Nationality Occupation Website TechCrunch March 13, 1970 American Blogger, entrepreneur
See also
• CrunchPad
Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Techcrunch Screenshot San Jose Mercury News 1-28-2009 Forbes’ 25 Web Celebrities Wired 4th Most Powerful Blogger Michael Arrington - The 2008 TIME 100 TechCrunch Bio Pirate Bay posts legal threats online
J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Orange, California)[1] is an entrepreneur and was the maintainer[2] of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere. Magazines such as Wired and Forbes have named Arrington one of the most powerful people on the Internet. [3][4] In 2008, he was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. [5]
External links
• • • • TechCrunch CrunchNotes PersonRatings Profile "TechCrunch Site Makes Arrington A Power Broker", Wall Street Journal, 2006-11-03
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Michael Arrington
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