Michael Arrington

Current

• Editor at TechCrunch

Past

• CEO at Pool.com
• COO at RazorGator
• VP Operations, General Counsel at Global Name Registry

• Co-Founder, VP Business Development & G.C. at First Data Corp. (Achex)
• VP Business Development & General Counsel at RealNames Corporation
• Corporate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Education

• Stanford Law School
• Claremont McKenna College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

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Michael Arrington’s Summary

I am the editor of TechCrunch and owner of the TechCrunch Network of blog and podcasting sites.

Michael Arrington’s Experience

• Editor

  TechCrunch

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2005 — Present (3 years)

• CEO

  Pool.com

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  December 2003 — July 2004 (8 months)

  Pool provides products and services to the domain name industry.

• COO

  RazorGator

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Online Ticket Retailer

• VP Operations, General Counsel

  Global Name Registry

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2001 — December 2001 (7 months)

  Registry for .name

• Co-Founder, VP Business Development & G.C.

  First Data Corp. (Achex)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; FDC; Internet industry)

  January 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 6 months)

  Achex was purchased by First Data Corp. in 2001.

• VP Business Development & General Counsel

  RealNames Corporation

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

• Corporate Attorney

  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  August 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 6 months)

Michael Arrington’s Education

• Stanford Law School

  JD, Law, 1992 — 1995

• Claremont McKenna College

  BA, Economics, 1989 — 1992

Additional Information

Michael Arrington’s Groups:

•    Obama for America member
•    The Official John McCain for President Group member