Michael Arrington Biography

Michael Arrington is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch a blog that covers start-ups and technology news. Michael practiced corporate and securities law at Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His clients included Idea lab Netscape Pixar Apple and several start-ups venture funds and investment banks. He also co-authored a book on initial public offerings. In 1999 he left WSGR to join RealNames as VP of business development and general counsel and in 2000 he cofounded Achex an online payments company that was later acquired by First Data Corporation for $32 million. Michael also worked in an operational role at a Carlyle backed startup in London founded and ran two companies in Canada (Zip.ca and Pool.com) was the COO to a Kleiner-backed company called Razorgator and was consulted to other companies including Verisign. In 2008 Time Magazine named Michael Arrington as one of the world's 100 most influential people. He attended the University of California Berkeley, Stanford Law School and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a major in economics

Disclaimer: Technology Speakers assists companies seeking to hire talent like Michael Arrington for speaking engagements, appearances, product endorsements, and business sanctions. Our speakers bureau does not claim to exclusively represent Michael Arrington. Our booking agency can help with finding Technology Speakers that aligns with your upcoming events date, location, and budget. When an organization request booking details for a celebrity like Michael Arrington, we work closely with the client to make sure the proposed dates does not interfere with the requested Technology Speakers schedule. We then confirm the talent fee based on the details of the request. The fees listed on the speaker profile are rough estimates based on the previous market rate for the talent. Our team then works with Michael Arrington's agent, manager or assistant on the booking request. For parties interested in hiring Michael Arrington, we recommend filling out the booking request form so our booking agents can help with making your next event a success.