This was published several hours ago by Rudy Hernandez on his blog
http://logistiklabs.blogspot.com/2007/12/20-most-influential-people-in-domain.html
Hard to argue with the list.
Some great, extremely intelligent people on the list some of which I can proudly count as friends.
Congrats to all
Reprinted below
Monday, December 3, 2007
2007 Edition
Meet
Vinton Cerf
Former ICANN Chairman/ VP and chief Internet evangelist for Google
Why He Matters: Widely known as
Rick Schwartz
CEO, President and Cofounder of T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Why He Matters: Rick Schwartz purchased his first domain name in December 1995 when he paid $100 for LipService.com. Eight years later to
Ron Jackson
Editor and Publisher of DNJournal
Why He Matters:
Monte Cahn
Founder and CEO of DomainSystems
Why He Matters: Monte Cahn is Founder and CEO of DomainSystems, Inc., which is
Kevin Ham
Why He Matters: Trained as a family doctor, Kevin Ham put off medicine after discovering
John Postel
Why He Matters: He is principally known for being
Frank Schilling
Pioneering Domain Investor /Sevenmile.com
Why He Matters: Frank Schilling’s bidding and investment activities helped expand
Adam Dicker
Owner, DNForum.com / Go Daddy VP of Domain Name Aftermarket
Why He Matters: Adam Dicker has built a reputation in
Russell C. Horowitz
CEO, Marchex / Chairman of
Why He Matters: Russell Horowitz is a founding officer, Chairman of
Yun Ye
Elusive and successful domain pioneer
Why He Matters: A onetime computer programmer, Yun Ye used his newly developed software in
Tim Schumacher
Co-Founder and CEO, Sedo
Why He Matters: As one of
Tim Berners-Lee
Director of
Why He Matters: Sir Tim Berners-Lee is
John Berryhill
Patent Attorney and UDRP legal specialist
Why He Matter: Dr. John Berryhill has represented domain name registrants and trademark claimants in numerous UDRP proceedings and federal court proceedings. John has been a longtime advocate for
Chris Chena
Pioneering Spanish domainer
Why He Matters: Chris Chena, a pioneering Paraguayan domainer that has acquired gems in
Bob Parsons
CEO, Go Daddy
Why He Matters: In 1997, Parsons founded GoDaddy.com, which quickly carved out a niche as an affordable alternative to
Craig Nine
Founder, IDN Forums
Why He Matters:
Sahar Sarid
Co-founder Recall Media Group/ Conceptualist.com
Why He Matters: With only determination and his sister’s credit card, Sahar Sarid, Co-Founder of Recall Media Group, successfully began his journey into professional domaining and has become an iconic knowledgeable resource to many in
Ron James
Founder, NamePros.com/ Director 1Plus.net
Why He Matters: Ron James founded NamePros in February 2003 and has used his skills to create one of
Rick Latona
Founder, DigiPawn
Why He Matters: Rick Latona has been in
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Public Speaking says
Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.
MHB says
Public
This post is over a year old, you got a lot of catching up to do
CashAdvances says
was here with real smile pls send it back 4 me thx 🙂