Christopher William Hartnett, Ph.D. is the founder and retired Chairman of USA Global Link, Inc., Global Online, Inc.(GOL) and the publicly traded Global Online India, Inc. (GOLX) spoke about alternatives to monitize domain names at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Orlando.
USA Global Link’s sister company, Global Online, Inc. (GOL) founded by its Chairman and CEO Dr. Hartnett in 1993, was one of the world’s first international web based meta-hub portals on the internet with over 5860 separate and distinct “Global” web sites and he has been credited with setting the standard model for international mega directory portals on the internet such as Alta Vista, Yahoo, AOL and Google.
Dr. Hartnett chaired the Executive Board of all three companies, whose aggregate average market value, independently appraised in 2000 by Deloitte and Touché, was $2.8 billion. Dr. Hartnett and his family owned and controlled 85% of these corporations.
From 1992-2001, USA Global Link, Inc. was the world's largest provider of discount international telecommunications services with in excess of 5750 agents and employees and staffed offices in over 160 countries and territories. USA Global Link was a facilities-based carrier and a pioneer in the provisioning of advanced global telecom services. It was the international long-distance "Carrier of Choice" for the 256 World Trade Centers in 120 countries and territories, and their 400,000 plus members making it the first and only truly global telephone company in the world. USA Global Link's sister company, Global Online, Inc. (GOL) founded by Dr. Hartnett in 1993 was one of the world's first international web based meta-hub portals on the internet with over 5860 separate and distinct web sites and is credited with setting the standard model for international portals on the internet such as Yahoo, Google and AOL.
According to ICANN ( Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ) , Dr. Hartnett was the largest private owner of Internet Domain Names (URL's) in the world in 1994. His collection currently contains over 3500 "Global" domains and 28,000 other premium domain names, most of which were acquired in 1992-1996, long before most were aware of the internet and its vast potential. Dr. Hartnett also serves as Chairman of Tedhens Limited, ( www.Tedhens.com ), the oldest and largest provider of International domain names on the internet serving the international insurance, e-commerce, exchange, banking, organic and jewelry industries with world class, one-of-a-kind domain names
Source: Copyright DomainNews.com - Posted by Roland Buck, Chief Editor - May 23rd, 2008 Chief Editor