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Craigslist CEO keeps focus on service

Jim Buckmaster isn't much interested in maximizing profits. The chief executive of Craigslist says the rapidly growing website's business model is all about the social good. He talks with host Kai Ryssdal in our latest Conversations From the Corner Office.

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EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

Who: Jim Buckmaster, CEO, Craigslist.

Education: He earned an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and studied medicine and classics at the University of Michigan.

What you may not know: He got his job at Craigslist by posting his resume on the site and catching the eye of founder Craig Newmark.

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