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Line 7: − + + − + + − + − Xavier Buck has been an Internet Entrepreneur since 1996. Under his direction, [[Datacenter Luxembourg]] (created in 2000) has become a leading hosting company in Europe, to be followed two years later by EuroDNS, the global Internet Registrar. Now part of the same group, both companies share values of openness and excellence aimed at consumers and broader markets. − + − + − In 2008, Xavier Buck was awarded the "Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg. <ref>[http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html Paper Jam]</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − [[category: People]] + +
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'''Xavier Buck''' is the Founder, Executive Director, and CEO of [[EuroDNS]] and the [[DCL Group]]. He also founded [[AsiaDNS]].<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html DomainNews.com]</ref>
'''Xavier Buck''' is the Founder, Executive Director, and CEO of the [[Datacenter Group|DCL Group]]. The group is the umbrella organization of [[EuroDNS]], [[voipGATE]], and the [[Datacenter Luxembourg]]; he acts as the Director of all those organizations. He also founded [[AsiaDNS]].<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html DomainNews.com]</ref> Xavier Buck is also the Director of [[DomainTools]], and the Chairman of [[eBrandServices]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/xavierbuck LinkedIn]</ref><ref>[http://www.adamdicker.ca/domaintools-takes-investment-forms-advisory-board/ DomainTools Takes Investment, Forms Advisory Board]</ref>
Mr. Buck is also the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of [[Domain Invest]] SA,<ref>[http://www.domaininvest.lu/management-team/ Management Team - DomainInvest.lu]</ref> which he founded in 2008. They own over 100,000 premium domains that bring in advertisement revenue, and the company has quickly become a leader in domain investment. It has received a number of high-profile financing rounds from investment firms.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2010/06/05/domainer-xavier-bucks-company-di-s-a-gets-another-6-million-euro-in-investment-capital/]</ref>
==Career History==
==Career History==
He is one of the first [[Registrar]]s to offer Proxy Registrations for [[.fr]], and has successfully lobbied for the opening of other [[ccTLD]]s in the Region. <ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html Domain News]</ref>
Mr. Buck has been involved in entreprenurial Internet projects since 1993.<ref>[http://www.domaininformer.com/interviews/interview/0808InterviewWithXavierBuck.html DomainInformer.com]</ref> He founded [[Datacenter Luxembourg]] in 2000, and [[EuroDNS]] in 2002. Both projects have become leading hosting and registration companies in Europe, and the group to which they both belong, [[Datacenter Group|DCL Group]], celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2010.<ref>[http://www.dclgroup.eu/press-release/dcl-group-celebrates-10-year-company-anniversary.html DCLGroup.eu]</ref> [[EuroDNS]] was one of the first [[registrar]]s to offer [[Proxy Registrations|proxy registrations]] for [[.fr]], and has since lobbied for the opening of other regional [[ccTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/xavier-buck.html DomainNews.com]</ref>
Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups regularly. He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref>
Xavier Buck and his DCL Group took over ccTLDS.com from [[Rick Latona]] in 2011; the site is a forum and selling point for country code extensions.<ref>[http://burningdomain.com/archives/category/xavier-buck BurningDomain.com]</ref>
==Awards & Recognition==
[[Organic Names]], a proposed [[registrar]], listed Xavier Buck as a member of its advisory board in its application to [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/organic/ii.html Organic Names App ICANN.org]</ref>
===Awards & Recognition===
In 2008, Xavier Buck was awarded the "Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg. <ref>[http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html Paper Jam]</ref> He beat out two other entrepreneurs for the recognition and award money, and credited his team and the business environment in Luxembourg when accepting the prize. Winning the honor meant that he would represent his country in an international competition of young entrepreneurs.<ref>[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html&ei=oamsTfv0FIrq0gGFruT4CA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ7gEwBTgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxavier%2Bbuck%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26prmd%3Divnso Paperjam.lu]</ref>
===ICANN===
Xavier Buck personally responded to an April 2011 notice of breach from [[ICANN]]; the organization accused [[EuroDNS]] of failing to transfer the domain facebok.com to Facebook.com Inc., which won a UDRP ruling for the [[typosquatting|typosquatted]] name.<ref>http://domainnamewire.com/2011/04/21/icann-sends-breach-notice-to-eurodns-over-facebook-udrp/ ICANN Sends Breach Notice to EuroDNS]</ref><ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/06/eurodns-and-icann-trade-jabs/ EuroDNS and ICANN Trade Jabs]</ref> Mr. Buck's response called ICANN's understanding of the events into question, as court procedures and mandatory UDRP procedures delayed the transfer; he also admonished them for what he saw as negative, public correspondence.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/buck-to-burnette-25apr11-en.pdf Correspondence Buck to Burnette ICANN.org]</ref>
Mr. Buck has been a long-time participant of [[ICANN]] through his various endeavors.<ref>[http://store.eurodns.com/about-us/1/who-we-are Who We Are EuroDNS.com]</ref> He also participates in other industry fora, such as [[T.R.A.F.F.I.C.]].<ref>http://dnjournal.com/events/2008/domainer-meeting-preview.htm Domainer Meeting Preview DNJorunal.com]</ref> EuroDNS put together a [[domainer]] meeting in Paris just days before the start of the 2008 [[ICANN Paris]] meeting, it was even held at the same venue as the ICANN meeting.
==Background==
Mr. Buck was enthralled by computing and gaming at a young age; at 14 he created a computing club in his school, which eventually went on to attract some 1,500 members across Luxembourg. Xavier studied both Computer Science and Economics, before leaving academia to start his first software company.<ref>[http://wikibin.org/articles/xavier-buck.html WikiBin.org]</ref>
Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier regularly participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups.<ref>[http://wwwtalks.com/tag/xavier-buck wwwtalks.com]</ref> He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref>
He worked at an [[ISP]] in Luxembourg as a Sales Manager from 1997 to 2000, this immediately preceded his work with the DCL Group and other projects.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/organic/ii.html Organic Names ICANN Application]</ref>
==Fun Fact==
Xavier had the inspiration to enter the [[domaining]] business when he was shaving one morning.<ref>[http://myofficialstory.com/luxembourgict/article/7e1d842d0f7ee600116ffc6b2d87d83f/58aaee7ae94b52697ad3b9275d46ec7f/2437 MyOfficialStory.com]</ref>
==References==
==References==
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