Marc Ostrofsky

Marc Ostrofsky is the Founder of Internet REIT and CEO at Multimedia Ventures. He is also an author, probably most known for his Bestselling book Get Rich Click!. Ms. Ostrofsky currently owns eTickets.com, Cufflinks.com, SummperCamps.com and is a major share holder in Blinds.com.

Country:	USA
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Career History

He was a domain name investor before he wrote his first book. He is the founder and co-founder of several web properties. Ms.Ostrofsky founded five Internet and Telecommunications Magazines and several trade shows. He is one of the pioneers of the voice mail/voice processing market, the private pay phone market, the operator services market, the telecom reseller & VOIP market and the prepaid telephone card market in the United States.

Personal Life

He has three daughters Kelly, Shelly and Tracy Ostrofsky.

Prior to these ventures, Ostrofsky organized several internet and telecommunications magazines and technology trade shows. The assets of Information Publishing Corporation were later sold to Advanstar Publishing, and the assets of his next venture, MultiMedia Publishing Corporation were later sold to Primedia.[13] He also founded www.idNames.com, an international domain name registry service that was sold to Network Solutions, and is now a division of VeriSign.[16] He has been interviewed on major television networks, newspapers and wire services. He is a professional speaker domestically and internationally on entrepreneurship on the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the initial creator of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).[17] Ostrofsky has identical twin daughters, Kelly Ostrofsky and Shelly Ostrofsky, who graduated co-valedictorians of their high school which got them on the front page of the Houston Chronicle [18] and USA TODAY with President George Bush [19] Ostrofsky has a third daughter who is a few years younger. Ostrofsky is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a major in Marketing. [edit]

Publications

Mr. Ostrofsky has announced that he is currently working on his next book titled Word of Mouse.

Awards and Recognition

Get Rich Click was #1 on USA TODAY Bestselling books, #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestselling business books list, #1 on Barnes & Noble as well as #1 Amazon.com in multiple categories. After the success of his book he was appeared on ABC's better TV and News May on CBS. He was also featured on The View. He was called the Technology Wildcatter" in the Houston Business Journal In 1999, he sold the domain business.con to eCompanies for $7.5 and landed the Guiness Book of World Records for the most expensive domain ever sold. Ms. Ostrofsky purchased a sculpture and then worked with the Mayor of Houston to donate the piece to the City of Houston that now resides at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.

Meetings and Conferences

He was a featured speaker at Yanik Silver's Underground 2011 event. He is currently booked to be a keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit East in August 2011.