| '''EDventure Holdings''', Inc is a New York based company, which was owned by [[Esther Dyson]] until 2004, after which it was sold over to an international, interactive content company, [[CNET Networks, Inc.]]. [[Esther Dyson]] is a catalyst of IT start-ups in several global marketets; [[CNET Networks, Inc.]] took control of the company on March 19th, 2004, in a cash and stock based transaction. Edventure Ventures is the venture capital investment wing of EDventure Holdings, Inc.<ref>[http://ekerala.net/r.php?url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3580877&title=EDventure%20Holdings&type=web ekerala.net]</ref> | | '''EDventure Holdings''', Inc is a New York based company, which was owned by [[Esther Dyson]] until 2004, after which it was sold over to an international, interactive content company, [[CNET Networks, Inc.]]. [[Esther Dyson]] is a catalyst of IT start-ups in several global marketets; [[CNET Networks, Inc.]] took control of the company on March 19th, 2004, in a cash and stock based transaction. Edventure Ventures is the venture capital investment wing of EDventure Holdings, Inc.<ref>[http://ekerala.net/r.php?url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3580877&title=EDventure%20Holdings&type=web ekerala.net]</ref> |
| + | [[Esther Dyson]] was the former ICANN Board Chairman. She was one of the nine intial directors of ICANN and was appointed in October, 1998. She was very efficient as a member of ICANN Board and served as Director of ICANN till November, 2000. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/dyson.htm ICANN]</ref> |