Jim Buckmaster (born August 14, 1962)[1] is an American computer programmer who has been the CEO of Craigslist since 2000.

[1][2] In the early 1990s, he worked as a programmer for the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, where he designed the organization's web interface.

During the Dot-com bubble, he worked as a webmaster for a short lived tech company, Creditland, in San Francisco.

[1][2] In late 1999, Buckmaster posted his resume onto Craigslist, where he was recruited by Craig Newmark, the founder of the website.

[1] As lead programmer, he contributed to the site's multi-city architecture, search engine, discussion forums, flagging system, self-posting process, homepage design, personals categories, and best-of-craigslist.