Craig-Newmark

Craig Newmark Founder, craigslist & Craig Newmark Philanthropies ▶ The Opening Dear Mr. Newmark — You built something that works. Not flashy. Not venture-backed. Just useful... Dear Mr. Newmark, You built something that works. Not flashy. Not venture-backed. Just useful. Craigslist has been connecting people for nearly 30 years because you refused to optimize for extraction. We’re building something similar. Liana Banyan is infrastructure. Not a platform that extracts — infrastructure that enables. And we need someone who understands that the best systems are the ones people forget are there. ...

Crown Letter: Craig Newmark Infrastructure Chancellor — Liana Banyan Corporation (Offered) February 2026 Dear Mr. Newmark, You helped reinvent classifieds online, and then spent years funding journalism to support what was disrupted. That tells me you understand that building something useful can also create gaps — and that builders have responsibilities. As a child living in Africa with missionary parents, I saw how basic infrastructure like a clean water well could transform a community. Not because water was new, but because better systems changed what problems were even possible. I’ve spent 42 years thinking about cooperative economics — since sixth grade, when my floating cities project back in the States made the local paper under the headline “Wave of the Future.” ...