[blog] Who=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Going to Run .ORG? Billionaire Republicans.

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Yes, Andrew Sullivan sent the following to an ISOC mailing list on November 15th:

> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 06:24:27PM +0100, Richard Hill wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the clarifications, which are indeed helpful. I presume that you cannot answer, at this stage, the key questions: how much cash is ISOC getting, and how is Ethos Capital raising the funds to pay ISOC.
>
> Indeed I can not, but Ethos has permitted me to say a little bit:
>
> • The investors are all U.S. investors. In addition to Ethos Capital,
>     they include:
>
> o Perot Holdings (affiliated with Petrus Asset Management
> Co/Petrus Holding Co)
> oFMR LLC (affiliated with Johnson family)
> oSolamere Capital (affiliated with Romney family)
>
> •Ethos Capital – along with all of the investors – are committed to ensuring complete continuity of PIR’s operations and maintaining the strong community relationships PIR has established over the years.

Thanks.

Amr

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:03 AM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>
> This blog claims to have obtained an email from the CEO of the Internet Society that "identifies the three families that have come together to buy .ORG. They are all American and they are all Republican. The proud new owners of the .ORG domain are the Johnsons, the Perots and the Romneys."
>
> https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/whos-going-to-run-org-in-a-word-the-gop-8809ef6f9679
>
> I cannot confirm the authenticity of this email, but if true, this offers some insights into who is funding the acquisition of the Public Interest Registry.
>
> Ayden Férdeline
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