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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]] | 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> | ||
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Esther Dyson, is a former Chairman of the ICANN Board, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and her own EDventure Holdings.[1] She currently has holdings in a variety of online ventures and is a board member for some of these companies. Many of her projects are based in Russia.[2]
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,[3] and worked for CNet until 2006.[4]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;[5] she was involved in all of those sales.[6]
She speaks Russian in addition to her native English.[7]
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 also actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop, and several non-profit foundations. Esther Dyson is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee.[8]
Executive & Board Appointments
Ms. Dyson is also on the boards and executive committees of the Santa Fe Institute and the Institute for East-West Studies, and on the board of the Eurasia Foundation. She is a founding member of the Russian Software Market Association and a member of the Software Publishers Association. She serves on the advisory boards of The Software Entrepreneurs Forum (Silicon Valley), thePoynter Institute for Media Studies, the Russian Internet Technology Center, and the Soros Medical Internet Project.[9]
Previously, she was a securities analyst (New Court Securities, 1977-80; Oppenheimer & Co., 1980-82), and a reporter for Forbes magazine (1974-77).
Other Background
Ms. Dyson holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University (1972).