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The Man Who Owns the Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-a-way-to-make-a-living dept.

Tefen writes "CNN Money posted this story about Kevin Ham, who has made a fortune gobbling up lapsed domain names and has recently launched a lucrative business partnership with Cameroon, the country which controls the .cm TLD. Since 2000 he has quietly cobbled together a portfolio of some 300,000 domains that, combined with several other ventures, generate an estimated $70 million a year in revenue."

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  1. Kevin Ham doesn't own the Internet.. by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As it's creator, Al Gore has first dibs...

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