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He says that he never had a goal to become a domainer. He started work in the construction business and then turned into a life guard at a public school. When he meet Susanne, (now his wife) he decided that he wanted to do something more. Hence, he took education of handicapped children at the University of Dortmund and then worked with handicapped children. | He says that he never had a goal to become a domainer. He started work in the construction business and then turned into a life guard at a public school. When he meet Susanne, (now his wife) he decided that he wanted to do something more. Hence, he took education of handicapped children at the University of Dortmund and then worked with handicapped children. | ||
While studying at University of Dortmund, he came across the internet. He published his first homepage on Geocities.com | While studying at University of Dortmund, he came across the internet. He published his first homepage on Geocities.com. He registered his first domain in 1997, after a trip to India. He decide to make a website about travelling India. However, when he tried to register a domain, he saw that all the generic names he could come up with were all taken | ||
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Markus Schnermann is the Managing Director of Domain Invest S.A. and General Manager of KeywordDomains.com GmbH.[1]
Career History
Mr. Schnermann has been active in the Internet Industry since 1997. He began as a private domainer, while working as an Online Marketing Specialist for a German Insurance Company. He founded consultdomain.de in 2000, which is one of the biggest German Online Forums for domainers.[2]
In 2003, he founded KeywordDomains.com.[3] He is often referred as the Superstar of Domain Industry because of his work.[4]
Education
He has studied from Universität Dortmund and Priv. Arnold-Janssen-Gymnasium.[5]
Early Life
Markus's father was a Brick maker, while his mother was a housewife and nurtured him with his three siblings. Schnermann had spastic cerebral palsy while he was young, because of which he required constant therapy. Markus tells that it took him too long to learn to speak or walk and when he made it to school the teachers never expected him to make a bright student. At the age of 11, his parents were told that he could never be independent. However, he started recovering as he grew.
Markus' Interest in computer developed in the early 80's he learned Basic on a Commodore C64, then worked with all of the PC generations.
He says that he never had a goal to become a domainer. He started work in the construction business and then turned into a life guard at a public school. When he meet Susanne, (now his wife) he decided that he wanted to do something more. Hence, he took education of handicapped children at the University of Dortmund and then worked with handicapped children.
While studying at University of Dortmund, he came across the internet. He published his first homepage on Geocities.com. He registered his first domain in 1997, after a trip to India. He decide to make a website about travelling India. However, when he tried to register a domain, he saw that all the generic names he could come up with were all taken