About Esther
American investor, journalist, author and philanthropist born in 1951 in Zurich. Dyson has shaped technology industry discourse through multiple roles: she founded and ran PC Forum (1982-2007), a major networking conference for tech leaders and venture capitalists; founded EDventure Holdings in 1983, which she sold to CNET Networks in 2004; and founded ICANN in 1998, serving as its first chairman until 2000. She was founding chairman of ICANN and has been deeply involved in Eastern European technology and policy.
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Entrepreneur
Known for
- Founding and running PC Forum conference (1982-2007)
- Creating EDventure Holdings and Release 1.0 newsletter
- Founding and chairing ICANN (1998-2000)
- Angel investing in health care, technology and biotechnology startups
- Writing Release 2.0 book on the Internet's impact on individuals
- Space flight training as back-up crew member for 2009 mission
- Investor
- Journalist
- Author
- Philanthropist
- Technology commentator
- Technology
- Health
- Internet governance
- Venture capital
- Space exploration
- Emerging technologies
- Digital economy
- Internet policy
- Health care innovation
- Eastern European technology development
- Artificial intelligence
- Biotechnology
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