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Esther Dyson was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director, and Chair of [[ICANN Board|the board]] until November, 2000.

Esther Dyson was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director, and Chair of [[ICANN Board|the board]] until November, 2000.

 

Ms. Dyson sold her company, [[EDventure]] to [[CNet]] in 2004,<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post]</ref> and worked for CNet until 2006.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 People.Forbes.com]</ref>Ms. Dyson has since reclaimed the name [[EDventure Holdings]] for her business endeavors. Her investments include Flickr and del.icio.us, both sold to [[Yahoo!]], and Medstory, which was sold to [[Microsoft]];<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/esther-dyson Crunch Base]</ref> she was involved in all of those sales.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes.com Bio]</ref>

Ms. Dyson sold her company, [[EDventure]], to [[CNet]] in 2004,<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post]</ref> and worked for CNet until 2006.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 People.Forbes.com]</ref>Ms. Dyson has since reclaimed the name [[EDventure Holdings]] for her business endeavors. Her work with EDventure involved writing the newsletter Release 1.0, and running PC Forum, the IT market’s leading executive conference. CNet acquired both those projects, and they have since been dissolved or rebranded.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ HuffingtonPost]</ref>

She speaks Russian in addition to her native English.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure bio]</ref>

She speaks Russian in addition to her native English.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure bio]</ref>

===Memberships===

===Memberships===

She is a member of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption and sits on the boards of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Scala Business Solutions]], [[Poland Online]], [[Cygnus Solution]], [[E-Pub Services]], [[Trustworks]] (Amsterdam), [[IBS]] (Moscow), [[iCat]], [[New World Publishing]] and the [[Global Business Network]]. She is on the advisory boards of Perot Systems and the Internet Capital Group, and a limited partner of the [[Mayfield Software Fund]].

She is a member of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption and sits on the boards of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Scala Business Solutions]], [[Poland Online]], [[Cygnus Solution]], [[E-Pub Services]], [[Trustworks]] (Amsterdam), [[IBS]] (Moscow), [[iCat]], [[New World Publishing]] and the [[Global Business Network]]. She is on the advisory boards of Perot Systems and the Internet Capital Group, and a limited partner of the [[Mayfield Software Fund]].

* Plazes, sold to Nokia

* Plazes, sold to Nokia

* Tacit, sold to Oracle

* Tacit, sold to Oracle

===Fun Facts===

==Fun Facts==

As a two-time weightless flyer, Esther Dyson is also active in the commercial space flight start-up world. Here investments therein include  Icon Aircraft, Space Adventures/Zero-G, XCOR Aerospace and Zero-G.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post Bio]</ref> She is actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop, and several non-profit foundations, and is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes]</ref>

As a two-time weightless flyer, Esther Dyson is also active in the commercial space flight start-up world. Here investments therein include  Icon Aircraft, Space Adventures/Zero-G, XCOR Aerospace and Zero-G.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post Bio]</ref> She is actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop, and several non-profit foundations, and is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes]</ref>

===Other Background===

==Other Background==

Ms. Dyson holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University (1972).

Ms. Dyson holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University (1972).