Michael Arrington
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| J. Michael Arrington | |
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 Arrington at the World Economic Forum |
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| Born | March 13, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Blogger, entrepreneur |
| Website TechCrunch |
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J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Orange, California)[1] is an entrepreneur and founder/co-editor 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.[2][3] In 2008, he was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world.[4] Wired magazine also included him in a flowchart of "internet blowhards" citing his obsession with "Web 2.0".[5]
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[edit] 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] He practiced corporate and securities law at O’Melveny & Myers, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.[7] Arrington was co-founder 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. He was also more recently on the board of directors for the startup Foldera which was designing a software as a service organizational tool.
[edit] TechCrunch
Arrington rose to internet prominence with his Silicon Valley blog, TechCrunch. TechCrunch covers internet startups and news, and has been the origin of several startup news scoops and exclusives.
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- ^ Techcrunch Screenshot
- ^ Forbes' 25 Web Celebrities
- ^ Wired 4th Most Powerful Blogger
- ^ Michael Arrington - The 2008 TIME 100
- ^ Wired Magazine's Which Blowhard Are You?
- ^ TechCrunch Bio
- ^ CrunchBase Profile
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael Arrington |
- TechCrunch
- CrunchNotes
- PersonRatings Profile
- "TechCrunch Site Makes Arrington A Power Broker", Wall Street Journal, 2006-11-03
- "The makings of a media mogul: Michael Arrington", Elias Bizannes's blog, 2008-12-26
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