Craigslist’s Founder Defends The Giving Pledge Amid Backlash

Craigslist Founder to Billionaires: Follow My Lead

Billionaires grumbling about the Giving Pledge might want to look in the mirror, argues Craigslist founder Craig Newmark in a New York Times opinion piece that serves to defend the philanthropy project . Newmark, who describes himself as an "accidentally wealthy" programmer, says he never set out to get rich, kept...

Craigslist’s Founder Defends The Giving Pledge Amid Backlash

Craig Newmark tells Forbes he thought it would be “funny” to publish an op-ed telling billionaires to “pony up some dough.”

Craig Newmark: "Billionaires, Stop Whining and Give Your Money Away"

Archive.ph of NYT (original NYT link) "It's bizarre to me that the [Giving Pledge] has now come under attack by some tech billionaires who say we're giving our money away foolishly, or complain that the money is going to left-wing nonprofits. The truth is that pledge signers can give their money to whichever charitable causes they want. I don't understand the critics' logic, but politics and that sort of criticism have never really made much sen…