Michael Gargiulo

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Born
Michael Joseph Gargiulo

October 19, 1991
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
EducationBachelor of Business Administration
Alma mater
  • Brookwood High School
  • University of Georgia
Occupation
  • Internet Entrepreneur
  • Domain Name Investor
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Title
  • Founder, CEO VPN.com
  • Founder ProxyServer.com
  • Founder CoolMathGames.com
Political partyIndependent Conservative
Parents
  • Joseph Gargiulo (father)
  • Peggy Gargiulo (mother)
AwardsAtlanta’s Top Tech Entrepreneur 2020, Metro Atlanta Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
WebsiteOfficial Website

Michael Joseph Gargiulo (October 19, 1991) is an American entrepreneur and technology contributor for Forbes. At 29-years-old, The Atlantan Magazine selected Michael as Atlanta’s Top Tech Entrepreneur of 2020. In 2017, he spent $976,630 to acquire the domain name VPN.com, which became the 7th most expensive domain name of the year. He founded CoolMathGames.com, a website now used by 17 million visitors, students and teachers, per month. He currently serves as the CEO of VPN.com, a company helping visitors find Virtual private network (VPN) security software and advocating against Internet censorship.

Personal Life

Early Life (1991 to 2010)

Gargiulo is an outspoken Christian from Atlanta, Georgia, where he continues to reside to this day. Gargiulo was a member of the Boy Scouts of America where he went on to earn the honor of Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) in 2009. From 2006 to 2010, Gargiulo attended Brookwood High School (Snellville, Georgia). He was involved with Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA-PBL) as a Georgia FBLA State Officer. He went on to run for National President of the 250,000 member organization but was narrowly defeated by Mauricio Escobar in 2009.

University (2010 to 2015)

Following high-school graduation, he attended the University of Georgia from 2010 to 2015, graduating cum laude with a double bachelors in Finance and Risk Management.[1][2] During his collegiate career, Gargiulo was an athlete on the Georgia Bulldogs Cheerleading team[3] and was also a member of the Phi Beta Lambda fraternity. In 2014 he was awarded 2nd place in UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur, a competition to determine the top entrepreneur on campus.[4][5][6]

Career

Internet Security

In 2012, Gargiulo founded ProxyServer.com, a free web proxy service that allowed millions of visitors to change their IP address.[7] In March 2017 he launched VPN.com to help visitors find the Virtual Private Network service suited for their devices and network.[8][9][10]

On April 24th, 2018, he organized peaceful protests outside of Facebook’s offices in California as well as peaceful protests outside of the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.,[11] protesting the lack of privacy on the platform and lack of congressional oversight over Facebook while the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, gave congressional testimony in a senate hearing over the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.[12][13][14]

Under the banner of his current company, VPN.com, Gargiulo has advanced his support for Internet privacy rights by routinely publishing Open letter and speaking with elected officials.[15][16][17] On November 26th of 2019, Gargiulo published a letter to President Donald Trump about terminating all Iranian Domain Names.[18][19] In March, 2020 Gargiulo was featured on 11Alive to help Georgians prepare for fully remote work and Internet upgrades caused by COVID-19.[20] On January 21st of 2021, Gargiulo issued an open letter and warning to incoming President Joe Biden about an alarming increase in recent American Censorship.[21]

Domain Names

Gargiulo has been using domain names to grow his various brands. Since purchasing one of the top 10 most expensive domain names in 2017, Gargiulo was keynote speaker at NamesCon,[22][23][24] the largest domain conference in the world and owned by GoDaddy.[25]

While at VPN.com, he assisted other entrepreneurs, politicians, athletes, and musicians acquire their name.[26][27][28] On January 11, 2021, Gargiulo assisted Louisiana State University acquire LSUTigers.com.[29]

In 2018, Gargiulo assisted Representative Colton Moore and Governor Brian Kemp in acquiring BrianKemp.com.[30] In 2020, Gargiulo brokered GeorgiaRunoff.com during the most expensive runoff in Georgia history.[31]

References

  1. ↑ Gargiulo, Michael. "Linkedin".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Young Alumni on the fast Track". Magazine for Alumni and Friends of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Winter 2015.
  3. ↑ 1295612. "2011 Georgia Buldogs Football Media Guide". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Reisigl, Joe. "Four Athens community office hours help small businesses keep up". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  5. ↑ "Young Alumni on the Fast Track" (PDF). Magazine for Alumni and Friends of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Winter 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cash", The Trustee Guide to Investment, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, doi:10.1057/9780230361874.0008, ISBN 978-0-230-36187-4, retrieved 2021-03-03
  7. ↑ "‎Teenage Entrepreneur with Jordan Agolli: TE 2.18: Michael Gargiulo- Founder of ProxyServer on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  8. ↑ "VPN.com - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  9. ↑ "VPN.com buyer wants to be the Hotels.com of VPN services". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  10. ↑ "VPN.com - The Official Virtual Private Network of the Internet". 2017-06-03. Archived from the original on 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  11. ↑ "Net neutrality and privacy scandals are increasing VPN use". Digiday. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  12. ↑ "'Delete Facebook' message spotted in Buckhead". 11Alive.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  13. ↑ "Curiosos e manifestantes aguardam por Zuckerberg no Congresso dos EUA". Folha de S.Paulo (in português do Brasil). 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  14. ↑ "How Businesses Can Approach Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Relations | Clutch.co". clutch.co. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  15. ↑ Gargiulo, Michael. "Council Post: Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege With A VPN". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  16. ↑ Gargiulo, Michael (2020-12-31). "The Cyber Attack That Was Heard Around the World Has VPN.com". Medium. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  17. ↑ "Georgia Future Caucus". Millennial Action Project. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  18. ↑ "The Coming Shift in Internet Governance – A Digital New Deal". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  19. ↑ "American VPN company urges Trump to ramp up US cyber war on Iran". The Iran Project. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  20. ↑ "How to stay productive working from home". 11Alive.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  21. ↑ "VPN.com Sends President Biden and VP Harris the American Censorship Report". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  22. ↑ "Photos & Highlights from Day 1 of the 2019 NamesCon Europe Conference in Cascais, Portugal". www.dnjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  23. ↑ Colascione, John (2019-09-22). "VPN.com Releases Promotional Sales Video for GEO Domain "SouthernCalifornia.com" | Strategic Revenue - Domain and Internet News". www.strategicrevenue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  24. ↑ "Domain Name Journal - The Lowdown - January 2019 Archive". www.dnjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  25. ↑ Events, NamesCon (2019-06-20), NamesCon Europe 2019 /// Day 1, retrieved 2021-03-03
  26. ↑ "https://twitter.com/domainarts/status/1328707250987425793". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-03. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  27. ↑ Gargiulo, Michael. "Council Post: Exact Match Domains: How To Price These High-Value Assets". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  28. ↑ "https://twitter.com/domainarts/status/1328707250987425793". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-03. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  29. ↑ "VPN.com Acquires LSUTigers.com for 2020 National Champions". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  30. ↑ "State representative buys domain Briankemp.com to redirect traffic back to Kemp". 11Alive.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  31. ↑ VPN.com (2021-01-05). "VPN.com Sells Most Politically Influential Domain Name of the Decade, GeorgiaRunoff.com". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

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