"A man is fixing his slate fireplace, the walls are a muted pistachio, the furniture is mainly brown, there's a 50in plasma-screen TV. We could be in a hotel lobby. But the real Newmark is starting to poke through - and he's a nerd. When the phone rings it says: "Craig, there is a call for you; Craig, there is a call for you." His mobile phone plays the theme from Monty Python. On the wall is a poster for the film Blade Runner. There's a lot of sci-fi on the bookshelves. Homer Simpson's yellow head sits on the banister," reports The Sunday Times.
Newmark is the founder of the phenomenally successful online classified-advertising site Craigslist. He's short, awkward, pudgy, balding and 53. Newmark calls his girlfriend the Girlfriend, as if he's never had one before. ("I got the Girlfriend tickets for that show, which gave the Boyfriend good Boyfriend points," he confides.) Eileen Whelpley, aka the Girlfriend, is a technical designer for Gap and a talented flamenco dancer. She hates being called the Girlfriend and is unafraid to tell Newmark so - or me. She insists her correct name is used in this piece.
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