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| Company type | Non-profit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet, Domain registry |
| Founded | 2002 in Reston, Virginia |
| Founder | Lynn St. Amour, Hal Lubsen, Ram Mohan, David Maher |
Key people | Jon Nevett, Judy Song-Marshall, Paul Diaz, Brian Cimbolic, Elizabeth Szabo, Anand Vora, Mary Cornwell, Rick Wilhelm |
| Parent | Internet Society  |
| Website | pir |
Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit based in Reston, Virginia, created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .ORG top-level domain. It took over operation of .ORG in January 2003 and launched the .NGO and .ONG top-level domains in March 2015.[1]
In November 2019, it was announced the Public Interest Registry would be sold by the Internet Society to private equity investment firm Ethos Capital for 1.135 billion USD,[2] but in April 2020, ICANN decided to reject the sale.[3]
- ^ "TLD Startup Information". ICANN. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "The Internet Society & Public Interest Registry: A New Era of Opportunity (PIR's press release)". .ORG. 2019-11-13. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "ICANN Board Withholds Consent for a Change of Control of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)". Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-01.