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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 until November, 2000.
Esther Dyson was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director 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>
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>


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>