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Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains - June 1, 2007

This month’s Business 2.0 has a great “legends of the game” article that is must read material for anyone thinking about doing a little (or a lot) domaining.  It focuses on Kevin Ham and his Vancouver-based empire, but includes brief mentions and profiles of other giants, including Frank Schilling and Yun Ye.

The account of the Cameroon typo alone is worth the price of admission.

How Najafi Cos. Hit The Buyout Jackpot - WSJ.com

Did you hear? Najafi Cos. sold Network Solutions for a cool $800M (and a 3500% profit). Nice…and encouraging for the domaining set.

Interestingly, the Wall Street Journal article on the deal focuses on the private equity aspect of the story…and all but misses the underlying domain aspect of the story. I know private equity LBO’s are shaping up to be the financial story of 2007, but it’s too bad they missed the “there’s gold in them thar hills” angle.

Schilling has more.