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*He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of domain marketplace company Domain Invest, founded in April 2008.
 
*He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of domain marketplace company Domain Invest, founded in April 2008.
  
* In early 2010, Frederick Schiwek made news by selling [[VooDoo.com]] to [[Donny Simonton]] from Parked.com for $300k.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/frederick-schiwek.html Domain News.com]</ref> According to Schiwek, Domain Invest bought the name for $31k a few weeks ago from selling and sold it for $300k.<ref>[http://www.domainersdigest.com/frederick-schiwek-the-man-who-sold-voodoo-com-for-300k/ Domainers' Digest.com]</ref>
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* In early 2010, Frederick Schiwek made news by selling [[VooDoo.com]] to [[Donny Simonton]] from [[Parked.com]] for $300k.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/frederick-schiwek.html Domain News.com]</ref> According to Schiwek, Domain Invest bought the name for $31k a few weeks ago from selling and sold it for $300k.<ref>[http://www.domainersdigest.com/frederick-schiwek-the-man-who-sold-voodoo-com-for-300k/ Domainers' Digest.com]</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 17:38, 30 November 2010

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Country: Luxembourg/ Germany
Email: fschiwek@eurodns.com
Facebook: Facebook.png   [profile.php?id=1306031904 Frederick Schiwek]
LinkedIn: LinkedInIcon.png   [frederickschiwek Frederick Schiwek]

Frederick Schiwek (Freddy) is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Domain Invest and Co-Founder of voipGATE [1]. He is widely known as the former EVP for EuroDNS of Datacenter (DCL) Group. [2]

A strong figure in the Domain Name market, Frederick Schiwek is a frequent speaker and adviser to domain name conferences and events. He has personally participated in some strong domain name sales in the recent years.[3] He resides in Germany, close to the the Luxembourg border[4] and enjoys Golf, Squash, Lesen, Reisen in his free time. [5]

Career History

  • When Frederick Schiwek was 14 years old, he started publishing a Computer-Magazine for Commodore 64 users. [6] He attended the Higher Economic School in Germany and started to work as a Turbo C and C++ Program Developer from the age of 16. [7]
  • Frederick Schiwek's working experience started with PM-International, where he gained experience in direct sales and online marketing over a 5-year period, in a number of positions including Marketing Assitent ( from May 1997 to December 1998) and Internet Marketing (from 1998 to 2001). [8]
  • In 2001, He joined Netline S.A., a Luxembourg ISP , where he spent 3 years as International Business Development Manager, distributing ISP Products.
  • In March 2004, Frederick Schiwek joined EuroDNS, one of the leading domain register company of Luxembourg,as EVP & International Business Development. He worked there until September 2008. [9]
  • In December 2004, he co-founded voipGATE, a European Voice over IP Company, with the parent company of EuroDNS Datacenter Group. [10]
  • He has been acting as Member of the Board of the telecommunication company EnumDNS since 2006.
  • He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of domain marketplace company Domain Invest, founded in April 2008.
  • In early 2010, Frederick Schiwek made news by selling VooDoo.com to Donny Simonton from Parked.com for $300k.[11] According to Schiwek, Domain Invest bought the name for $31k a few weeks ago from selling and sold it for $300k.[12]

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