Jul 20, 2020 12:45:00

Former ICANN Secretary General Appointed as Co-CEO of an Investment Company That Planned to Acquire '.org' Domain

Fadi Chehadé , former Secretary-General of the domain database management organization ICANN , has been appointed as co-CEO of Ethos Capital due to the sale of the highly public '.org' domain to the private-sector startup Ethos Capital It turned out that Chehad is a person who has been pointed out to have been behind the scenes acquisition of the '.org' domain for some time.

Fadi Chehadé is now co-CEO of Ethos Capital-Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News
https://domainnamewire.com/2020/07/16/fadi-chehade-is-now-co-ceo-of-ethos-capital/

Public interest registry (PIR) , a non-profit organization that manages the '.org' domain, was sold to investment company Ethos Capital in November 2019, and there were overwhelming opposition in public comments. Nevertheless, various issues have been raised such as the history of the forced sale, the unusually low sale price , and the fear that the registration fee for the '.org' domain will be raised.

Therefore, in addition to the establishment of a signature campaign ``Save .ORG'' against the sale, non-profit organization Mozilla that develops Firefox, judicial authorities in the state of California in the United States, etc. announce public questions one after another, etc. There is a growing movement to question the sale of the '.org' domain.

The judiciary finally moves due to the issue of selling the '.org' domain-GIGAZINE

by WilliamCho

As a follow-up to the series of issues, domain news site Domain Name Wire reported that ICANN's former Secretary-General, Fadi Chehadé, became co-CEO of Ethos Capital.

At the time of writing the article, you can see that Chehadé is indeed the co-CEO (Co-CEO) by visiting the page where the director of Ethos Capital is posted .

According to an expert at the cyberspace research institute at Harvard University,

Chehadé was the one who was lurking behind the takeover of the '.org' domain . After Chehadé resigned as Secretary-General, ICANN clearly put out a negative attitude to the sale of the '.org' domain, such as blocking the PIR sale and finally refusing it.

It is unknown when Chehadé became co-CEO of Ethos Capital, but when checking the official website of Ethos Capital on Wayback Machine, which can browse past websites, Eric Had been posted as of June 2020. Since it is only two people, Mr. Brooks and Mr. Nora Absita Uri, it is likely to be after June 2020.

'There are three former ICANN executives, including Chehadé, of the two Ethos Capital executives who increased from two to eight. CPO Absita Uri at ICANN In addition to Chehadé's arm, Executive Partner Allen Grogan was also ICANN's former Chief Contract and Compliance Officer (CCCO), whose involvement clearly identifies former ICANN executives involved in Ethos Capital. It was made public shortly after ICANN requested that it be done.'

'One of our co-CEOs, Brooks, was also featured on Chehadé's LinkedIn page as a partner in his former private equity,' he said. Pointed out that has come to the surface.