Michael Arrington

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J. Michael Arrington is the Founder and Co-Editor of TechCrunch.

Career History

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. 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.

Awards and Honors

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

External Links

• TechCrunch on Fox 2
• Charlie Rose- Brent Scowcroft, Michael Arrington, Peter Orszag
• Charlie Rose - Michael Arrington / Lee Scott
• His posts on TechCrunch.
• The Way I Work: Michael Arrington

Education

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