[kwlug-disc] Domain Registrar

[Paul Nijjar]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 09:09:54PM -0800, Ron wrote:
> Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc wrote on 2025-12-01 20:28:
> 
> Also, I think they (and / or OVH) were sold to some hedge fund or
> something, and everything's gotten more expensive.
> 

Wikipedia says there were two sales: 
- In 2019 it was acquired by a private equity fir Montefiore
  Investment
- In 2023 it was acquired by Total Webhosting Solutions. The claim by
  Wikipedia is that prices went up then. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi#History

It doesn't look like OVH was acquired, although two investment firms
have had a minority stake since 2016.

https://us.ovhcloud.com/about/timeline/

But this is very shallow research based on a few web searches. For
more exciting results consult your local LLM.

- Paul