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http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Esther_Dyson

Esther Dyson, is a former Chairman of the ICANN Board, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and her own EDventure Holdings. She is currently an active angel investor with holdings in a variety of online ventures and is a board member for some of these companies. Some of her projects are based in Russia, where she has been spending an increasing amount of time; she is also interested in investing in and traveling around other emerging markets in East Asia and Africa. Esther Dyson was appointed as one of ICANN's nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director, and Chair of the board until November, 2000. Her tenure at ICANN was a rocky beginning wherein the board was focused on defining its technical focus and implement structural rules for elections and other organizational necessities. Her notable work included foundational work to establish revenue streams and moves to make ICANN more transparent, including opening up board meetings to the public.....read more

Featured Company (All Companies)

Iron Mountain is an industry leader in the protection and storage of information, working with both physical and electronic files. 97% of Fortune 1000 companies use Iron Mountain as their information manager. Iron Mountain was selected by ICANN to function as its Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) agent in November 2007. The company regularly has a booth at ICANN Meetings. Iron Mountain was started in 1951 when Herman Knaust decided to market the old mine he had purchased to grow mushrooms as a storage facility for important corporate documents,it now has more than 45 million sq. ft. of storage space in more than 1,000 facilities in 37 countries. ...read more

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 '''Esther Dyson''', is a former Chairman of the [[ICANN Board]], the [[EFF|Electronic Frontier Foundation]], and her own [[EDventure Holdings]]. She is currently an active angel investor with holdings in a variety of online ventures and is a board member for some of these companies. Some of her projects are based in Russia, where she has been spending an increasing amount of time; she is also interested in investing in and traveling around other emerging markets in East Asia and Africa. Esther Dyson was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director, and Chair of [[ICANN Board|the board]] until November, 2000. Her tenure at [[ICANN]] was a rocky beginning wherein [[ICANN Board|the board]] was focused on defining its technical focus and implement structural rules for elections and other organizational necessities. Her notable work included foundational work to establish revenue streams and moves to make [[ICANN]] more transparent, including opening up board meetings to the public.....[[Esther Dyson|read more]]
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