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J. Michael Arrington is the Founder and Co-Editor of TechCrunch.^[1]

Career History

Mr. Arrington was the CEO of Pool.com prior to starting TechCruch. He rose to prominence because of his blog TechCrunch. From 2002 to 2003, he was the CEO of RazorGator. Prior to which, he was the VP of Operations and General Counsel at Global Name Registry.^[2]

In the year 2000, he co-founded Achex and worked there as the VP of Business Development for almost a year and a half. In 2001, Achex was acquired by First Data Corp. for $32 million.^[3] He has also been the VP of Business Development & General Counsel at RealNames Corporation.

Michael started off as a Corporate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and practiced Law for two years. He also practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers. He made $1 Million in a year selling domain names.^[4]

When Rob Hall founded Pool.com, he handpicked Mr. Arrington as the CEO and President of the Company. He is widely known for the rapid success of Pool.com under his guidance.

Awards and Honors

He held the 10th rank in Forbe's Web Celeb 25 in 2009.^[5]
In May 2008 Time Magazine named Michael Arrington as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.^[6]
He is widely considered by magazines like Forbes and Wired to be one of the most Intelligent individuals in the Internet Industry.^[7]^[8]

External Links

Education

He holds a JD. in Law from Stanford Law School and a B.A in Economics from the Claremont McKenna College.^[9]

References

[1] techcrunch.com

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[6] time.com

[7] wired.com

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 '''J. Michael Arrington''' is the Founder and Co-Editor of [[TechCrunch]].<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/about-techcrunch/ techcrunch.com]</ref>
-== Personal ==
+=== Career History ===
-He grew up with aspirations to be a corporate lawyer, he did exactly that after attending Stanford Law School. He practiced law for a many years before he decided it was time to make a change in his life, so he stopped practicing law and moved on.
+Mr. Arrington was the CEO of [[Pool.com]] prior to starting TechCruch. He rose to prominence because of his blog TechCrunch. From 2002 to 2003, he was the CEO of RazorGator. Prior to which, he was the VP of  Operations and General Counsel at [[Global Name Registry]].<ref>[http://seekingalpha.com/author/michael-arrington seekingalpha.com]</ref>
-== Career History ==
+In the year 2000, he co-founded [[Achex]] and worked there as the VP of Business Development for almost a year and a half. In 2001, Achex was acquired by [[First Data Corp.]] for $32 million.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington crunchbase.com]</ref> He has also been the VP of Business Development & General Counsel at RealNames Corporation.
-Mr. Arrington was the CEO of [[Pool.com]] prior to joining TechCruch. From 2002-2003, he was the CEO of RazorGator. Prior to which he was the VP of  Operations and General Counsel at Global Name Registry.
-In the year 2000, he co-founded [[Achex]] and worked there as the VP of Business Development for almost one and a half year. In 2001, Achex was acquired by [[First Data Corp.]] for $32 million.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington crunchbase.com]</ref> He has been the VP of Business Development & General Counsel at RealNames Corporation.
+Michael started off as a Corporate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and practiced Law for two years. He also practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers. He made $1 Million in a year selling domain names.<ref>[http://www.hourlylaff.com/top-100-people-who-made-1million-selling-domains/ hourlylaff.com]</ref>
-Michael started off as a Corporate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and practiced Law for two years. He also practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers
+When [[Rob Hall]] founded Pool.com, he handpicked Mr. Arrington as the CEO and President of the Company. He is widely known for the rapid success of [[Pool.com]] under his guidance.
-== Community Engagement ==
+== Awards and Honors ==
-He would start a company called Achex, a company that specialized in online payments to individuals, he sold that company to a place called First Data Corp. making at least thirty two million dollars.
+*He held the 10th rank in Forbe's [[Web Celeb 25]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/web-celeb-25-tech-media_cx_de_06webceleb_0123top_slides_11.html forbes.com]</ref>
+*In May 2008 Time Magazine named Michael Arrington as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733758_1735848,00.html time.com]</ref>
+*He is widely considered by magazines like Forbes and Wired to be one of the most Intelligent individuals in the Internet Industry.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-07/ff_arrington wired.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-04/st_flowchart wired.com]</ref>
-He’s also known as one of the co-founders of the website pool.com where he was the highest officer in charge. Even while being in charge he would also go onto be on the board of directors for Flodera, a software that helped organize data with a tool.
+== External Links ==
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibXmJNzEo8o&feature=player_embedded TechCrunch on Fox 2]
+*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7759160576205840523&hl=en# Charlie Rose- Brent Scowcroft, Michael Arrington, Peter Orszag]
+*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2541212143165850148&hl=en Charlie Rose - Michael Arrington / Lee Scott]
+*His posts on [http://techcrunch.com/author/tcmarrington/ TechCrunch].
+*[http://www.inc.com/magazine/20101001/the-way-i-work-michael-arrington-techcrunch.html The Way I Work: Michael Arrington]
-== Recognition ==
+== Education ==
-The thing that would bring him to fame would be TechCrunch, this blog covered all the internet startups as well as any news that would be covered from a technological standpoint in the twenty first century. Some would call it for Nerds but it actually was some of the most influential pieces around, covering new technologies and getting hundreds of thousands of viewers every day.
+He holds a JD. in Law from Stanford Law School and a B.A in Economics from the Claremont McKenna College.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarrington linkedin.com]</ref>
-== Awards and Honors ==
+== References ==
-*He held the 10th rank in Forbe's [[Web Celeb 25]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/web-celeb-25-tech-media_cx_de_06webceleb_0123top_slides_11.html forbes.com]</ref>
+{{reflist}}
-*In May 2008 Time Magazine named Michael Arrington as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733758_1735848,00.html time.com]</ref>
-*He is widely considered by magazines like Forbes and Wired to be one of the most Intelligent man in the Internet Industry.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-07/ff_arrington wired.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-04/st_flowchart wired.com]</ref>
-== External Links ==
+__NOTOC__
-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibXmJNzEo8o&feature=player_embedded TechCrunch on Fox 2]
-[[Category:People]]
+[[Category:Journalists]]
+[[Category:Private Sector - General Business/Legal]]