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Craig Winn is an American author and former businessman. He has self-published five books, including several on terrorism and Islam. His longest book is called ''Yada Yahweh''.〔(Chapter 0 Yada Yahweh )〕 After the events of September 11, Winn began a research project with colleague Ken Power to "uncover the roots of terrorism". They visited 120 countries and interviewed members of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Force 17, the Palestinian Authority, the Knesset, IDF, and US generals, as well as Israeli secret service agents in the Mossad and Shin Bet. The two published their findings in the novel ''Tea With Terrorists''.〔(Tea With Terrorists: Interview with the Authors )〕 Winn has made numerous appearances in the media around the United States, including 1500 radio interviews by his own count. Some of the shows are made available on his website.() Winn has been interviewed by ''Business Week''.(BW Talk: The Spy Who Came In From... ) Prior to becoming an author, Winn was a businessman who founded the now defunct ValueAmerica.com.〔(Crazy Craig's C-Commerce )〕 In 2010 Winn repudiated the letters of St Paul, in his online book ''Questioning Paul''.〔(Questioning Paul )〕 == Business career == In 1977 Winn joined his father's company, Winn Co., after graduating from the University of Southern California with business degrees in marketing and finance. There he worked as a manufacturer's representative.〔("Craig Winn, Netrepreneur," ) ''Businessweek'' 2000 article〕 In 1986, he founded and built a lighting company called Dynasty which he brought public in 1990; it went bankrupt in 1993.〔 In 1996, he became a Dot.com entrepreneur when he founded Value America,〔(Craig Winn, Netrepreneur )〕 an early sort of electronic mall that was briefly second only to Amazon.com. The company raised investments from Paul Allen and Frederick W. Smith, among others. Valueamerica.com had a successful IPO in April 1999, starting at $23 per share, reaching up to $74.25 at its highest point. Winn's share of Value America was, on paper, worth over $1 billion after the company's IPO. By December 1999, Winn had resigned from the board after disagreeing with all but one of the rest of the board regarding restructuring. ''Value America'' filed for bankruptcy in August 2000,〔(Value America Declares Bankruptcy: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Aug. 11, 2000 )〕 less than a year after its IPO.〔''dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath.'' J. David Kuo, 2001〕 It was one of the first large dotcoms to fail.〔("A Short Time Ago," ''Fortune,'' July 25, 2005 )〕 Winn's book ''In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal'' is about his experience with Value America. Winn stated, "I, along with a small but great team of people, built a large and innovative retail company. But the founders turned the firm over to 'professionals' after taking it public in harmony with prevailing wisdom. They promptly ran it into the ground while lining their pockets. To cover their crime, they blamed it on me."〔(Prophet of Doom: Questions and Answers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Winn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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