Craig Newmark (Craigslist) and Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) come to mind, both founders could have made platfoms that would have been ad-ridden (and made a boat full of cash) but the founders chose not to
Uhh, Craigslist is literally an ad platform. They just didn't want anything to do with a middleman.
Uhh, Craigslist is literally an ad platform. They just didn't want anything to do with a middleman.