Craigslist Donates $1.6 Million to UC Berkeley

Craigslist donated $1.6 million to UC Berkeley and will support research, symposia and lectures.

Jim Buckmaster became the company’s CEO in 2000 and has led craigslist to become the eighth largest Internet company in the world in terms of English-language page views, and the most used classifieds service worldwide in any medium.

“We’re thrilled to support UC Berkeley at a time when unprecedented wealth is being lavished upon private institutions,” said Buckmaster. “Berkeley’s academic excellence and history of challenging convention mean a lot to us at craigslist, and we rely upon technological innovations from the UC Berkeley community every day. We’re excited to partner with the Berkeley Center for New Media, as it is uniquely positioned to change the very way we think about new media.”