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In 2002, the Internet Society was in a dire financial position.
The then-largest domain transfer in history occurred on January 1, 2003, when ICANN had VeriSign delegate 2.6 million domains to Public Interest Registry.
The implementation began in test environments in mid-2009.
On June 23, 2010, Public Interest Registry's technology provider Afilias implemented the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protocol for .ORG, making .ORG the first open gTLD to sign its zone.
Raad resigned from Public Interest Registry in late 2010.
The non-profit had an interim CEO, until it recruited former Afilias executive Brian Cute as its third chief executive officer on January 14, 2011.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Public Interest Registry waived renewal fees for Japan-based .org domains to prevent them from expiring due to intermittent internet access.
In 2017, PIR renegotiated their agreement with Afilias to manage their registrations, reducing their overhead.
After a successful tenure, Brian Cute stepped down as CEO in May 2018.
On 13 May 2019, ICANN announced that they would remove the price cap on .ORG registrations.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verisign | 1995 | $1.6B | 1,019 | 16 |
| Neustar | 1996 | $1.2B | 1,800 | - |
| Technology | 1979 | $190.0M | 900 | 1 |
| Rubicon Project | 2007 | $156.0M | 750 | - |
| NIC | 1992 | $344.9M | 901 | 74 |
| BMC Group | 1980 | $130.0M | 100 | 17 |
| WebMD | 1996 | $705.0M | 1,800 | 96 |
| One Technologies | 2000 | $14.0M | 556 | 122 |
| Vistaprint Corporate | - | $21.0M | 7,500 | 3 |
| SurveyMonkey | 1999 | $218.8M | 857 | 16 |
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