Craig Newmark built Craigslist into one of the internet's most valuable platforms, doing so with minimal advertising and a spartan interface. According to The Independent, Newmark has now donated half a billion dollars to charitable causes—a significant act of wealth redistribution from the founder of a service that has always resisted aggressive monetization.

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