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'''Kevin Wilson''' became Chief Financial Officer of [[ICANN]] in June, 2007. His background includes 25 years of experience in the finance and accounting world, and has worked for a number of IT companies. After leaving [[ICANN]] in 2011, Mr. Wilson joined the gTLD consultancy company, [[Sedari]], as Chief Financial Officer. After a brief period, he was fired due to disputes with [[Liz Williams]], CEO of Sedari. Kevin Wilson then filed a lawsuit alleging various frauds and demanding that his investment of 50,000 euros should be reimbursed.<ref>[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Kevin+Wilson/famous/f91c5e69ff7ff3bf7096acc4d50831b0# Kevin Wilson, yatedo.com]</ref><ref>[http://domainincite.com/former-icann-cfo-sues-sedari-over-e100k-deal/ Former ICANN CFO Sues Sedari Over e100k deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref> Information regarding the salaries of Mr. Wilson and other senior staffers at ICANN, which were released by the organization in February, 2012, can be found [http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/11/nonprofit-icann-releases-salaries-beckstrom-over-2-2-million-guaranteed-cfo-270k-lawyer-230k-plus-plus/ here].
'''Kevin Wilson''' is the CFO of [[Donuts]]. He joined Donuts on May 1, 2012.<ref>[http://donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_launch_release.pdf Donuts Launches Domain Name Space Expansion...]</ref> Wilson has previously been the CFO at [[ICANN]] and new gTLD consultancy company [[Sedari]].


Mr. Wilson's tenure as CFO saw ICANN's revenues grow from $31 million to $65 million.<ref>[http://icannology.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-senior-staff-member-to-leave.html Another Senior Staff Member to Leave, ICANNOLOGY.BlogSpot.com]</ref>
Wilson became the Chief Financial Officer of ICANN in June, 2007. His background includes 25 years of experience in the finance and accounting world, and has worked for a number of IT companies. Mr. Wilson's tenure as ICANN CFO saw ICANN's revenues grow from $31 million to $65 million.<ref>[http://icannology.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-senior-staff-member-to-leave.html Another Senior Staff Member to Leave, ICANNOLOGY.BlogSpot.com]</ref>


In May 1, 2012, Kevin joined Donuts as Chief Financial Officer. Donuts is a start-up company based in Washington seeking to serve as registry operator. The company applied for 307 generic top level domain names ([[gTLD]]s) to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. <ref>[http://donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_launch_release.pdf Donuts Launches Domain Name Space Expansion...]</ref>
After leaving [[ICANN]] in 2011, Mr. Wilson joined Sedari as Chief Financial Officer. After a brief period, he was fired due to disputes with [[Liz Williams]], CEO of Sedari. Wilson then filed a lawsuit alleging various frauds and demanding that his investment of €50,000 should be reimbursed.<ref>[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Kevin+Wilson/famous/f91c5e69ff7ff3bf7096acc4d50831b0# Kevin Wilson, yatedo.com]</ref><ref>[http://domainincite.com/former-icann-cfo-sues-sedari-over-e100k-deal/ Former ICANN CFO Sues Sedari Over e100k deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref> Information regarding the salaries of Mr. Wilson and other senior staffers at ICANN, which were released by the organization in February, 2012, can be found [http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/11/nonprofit-icann-releases-salaries-beckstrom-over-2-2-million-guaranteed-cfo-270k-lawyer-230k-plus-plus/ here].


==Education and Career==
==Education and Career==
Mr. Wilson graduated from UCLA with a MBA, and having previously graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor degree in Human Biology.
Mr. Wilson graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Human Biology and from UCLA with an MBA. Kevin started his career working in the US Peace Corps in South Korea. Afterwards he moved to the financial and accounting department for various types of enterprises. His career has seen him working in start-up companies, real estate, consulting, technology manufacturing and accounting.<ref>[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Kevin+Wilson/famous/f91c5e69ff7ff3bf7096acc4d50831b0# Kevin Wilson, Yatedo.cpm]</ref>
Kevin Wilson started his career working in the US Peace Corps in South Korea. Afterwards he moved to the financial and accounting department for various types of enterprises. His career has seen him working in start-up companies, real estate, consulting, technology manufacturing and accounting.<ref>[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Kevin+Wilson/famous/f91c5e69ff7ff3bf7096acc4d50831b0# Kevin Wilson, Yatedo.cpm]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 09:09, 26 June 2012

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Kevin Wilson is the CFO of Donuts. He joined Donuts on May 1, 2012.[1] Wilson has previously been the CFO at ICANN and new gTLD consultancy company Sedari.

Wilson became the Chief Financial Officer of ICANN in June, 2007. His background includes 25 years of experience in the finance and accounting world, and has worked for a number of IT companies. Mr. Wilson's tenure as ICANN CFO saw ICANN's revenues grow from $31 million to $65 million.[2]

After leaving ICANN in 2011, Mr. Wilson joined Sedari as Chief Financial Officer. After a brief period, he was fired due to disputes with Liz Williams, CEO of Sedari. Wilson then filed a lawsuit alleging various frauds and demanding that his investment of €50,000 should be reimbursed.[3][4] Information regarding the salaries of Mr. Wilson and other senior staffers at ICANN, which were released by the organization in February, 2012, can be found here.

Education and Career

Mr. Wilson graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Human Biology and from UCLA with an MBA. Kevin started his career working in the US Peace Corps in South Korea. Afterwards he moved to the financial and accounting department for various types of enterprises. His career has seen him working in start-up companies, real estate, consulting, technology manufacturing and accounting.[5]

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