The new April Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. There are certain names that everyone in this industry knows, names that newcomers normally encounter within hours of entering the domain business. Most in that group became wealthy because they were visionaries who foresaw how valuable domain names would become long before they appeared on anyone else’s radar.
Rob Grant may not be as widely known as some of his pioneering peers, but few in the industry can match the foresight, financial commitment and unwavering faith in the future of domains that Grant has shown over the past 12 years. During that time the personable real estate broker from upstate New York assembled the world’s best collection of real estate related domain names (as well as some gems in other categories).
Grant has been well rewarded for his prescience. So much so that he has begun giving back through a series of generous domain donations (totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars) to grateful educational institutions in the U.S. There were times in Grant’s life when the kind of philanthropy he practices today would have seemed like the wildest kind of pipe dream but, like all great entrepreneurs, every time he hit a bump in the road Grant bounced back and bounced back big. You can read his unique story here:
http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/april.htm