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Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier regularly participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups.<ref>[http://wwwtalks.com/tag/xavier-buck wwwtalks.com]</ref> He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref>
 
Xavier Buck was born and grew up in Luxembourg. He is fluent in English, German and French. Xavier regularly participates in numerous industry forums and advisory groups.<ref>[http://wwwtalks.com/tag/xavier-buck wwwtalks.com]</ref> He currently resides in Luxembourg with his wife and child. <ref>[http://www.domainermeeting.com/?page_id=42 Domainer Meeting]</ref>
 
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==Background==
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Mr. Buck was enthralled by computing and gaming at a young age; at 14 he created a computing club in his school, which eventually went on to attract some 1,500 members across Luxembourg. Xavier studied both Computer Science and Economics, before leaving academia to start his first software company.<ref>[http://wikibin.org/articles/xavier-buck.html WikiBin.org]</ref>
 
==Awards & Recognition==
 
==Awards & Recognition==
 
In 2008, Xavier Buck was awarded the "Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg. <ref>[http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html Paper Jam]</ref> He beat out two other entrepeneurs for the recognition and award money, and credited his team and the business environment in Luxembourg when accepting the prize. Winning the honor meant that he would represent his country in an international competition of young entrepreneurs.<ref>[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html&ei=oamsTfv0FIrq0gGFruT4CA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ7gEwBTgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxavier%2Bbuck%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26prmd%3Divnso Paperjam.lu]</ref>
 
In 2008, Xavier Buck was awarded the "Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg. <ref>[http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html Paper Jam]</ref> He beat out two other entrepeneurs for the recognition and award money, and credited his team and the business environment in Luxembourg when accepting the prize. Winning the honor meant that he would represent his country in an international competition of young entrepreneurs.<ref>[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.paperjam.lu/archives/2008/07/nl1107_cyel/index.html&ei=oamsTfv0FIrq0gGFruT4CA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ7gEwBTgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxavier%2Bbuck%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26prmd%3Divnso Paperjam.lu]</ref>
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