Michael Berkens has been buying domains since 1997 and over the years he has become one of the most successful investors in the history of this business with earnings well into seven figures.
Even so, aside from his wife Judi and closest friends, few people know the story of how Berkens wound up in the domain business after abandoning a promising career as an attorney who also has a masters degree in tax law. That story has gone untold (until now) because the quiet Brooklyn native would rather walk barefoot on broken glass than talk about himself.
In fact, even though he had been in the business for years, almost no one knew who he was when he showed up at the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Delray Beach, Florida in October 2004. At that show, DomainSponsor's legendary business development director Ron Sheridan told people that Berkens was "the best kept secret in the domain industry."
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