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Who are millionaires/billionaires in the webhosting market

The title says it all. It would be more interesting if there are any millionaires from the low end market

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  • Thanked by 1Rapta
  • I'm - based on the currency

  • @rmlhhd said:
    linuxthefish

    No no, he becomes a billionaire selling fishes.

  • comXyz said: No no, he becomes a billionaire selling fishes.

    So that's what his nickname means? He sells fish to penguins?

    Thanked by 1linuxthefish
  • From the low end market? Not unless they got a bunch of clients/revenue (without specific regard to actual profit) then had someone buy them out.

    Thanked by 1doughmanes
  • @rds100 said:

    His customers are rich penguins that know linux.

  • ehabehab Member

    i would say its @ItsChrisG one day i am sending him my CV :)

  • earlearl Member

    OVH.. Im sure Oles made a mil or two..

    Thanked by 2MikePT netomx
  • al3xtal3xt Member

    oh my, good question! i'm interested to know who too, but definitely i'm not one of them.

  • Build up a company to sell or get a share/partnership building up a company is the only way to get like this

  • ben78ben78 Member

    earl said: OVH.. Im sure Oles made a mil or two..

    Yeah, i'd have said Oles too but who knows.. Plus he did try to keep a lot of money in the company to make it bigger...

  • ditlevditlev Member, Top Host, Host Rep

    yup - real $$ comes at the exit really. Though, some have made good money getting there as well.

  • @click4easy said:
    The title says it all. It would be more interesting if there are any millionaires from the low end market

    From my point of view I don't think you can become a millionaire by selling Low End Boxes. But it's quite easy, look at the market, see what the demand is and offer it. For example back in 2012 I started in the email marketing Business as it was hard for mailers to get ips from the U.S. So they started looking offshore. I rented the ips from Romania for $100 / 256 ips and sold them to U.S customers for $300 / 256 ips. This was a great Year. made a couple of tens of thousands of dollars, and in my Country, based on the currency I was a millionaire for 2 Years :)

    As I said, if you find that "something" that is desired on the market and can add your tax and make a %200 profit ... then yes, I think you can become a millionaire.

  • Mahfuz_SS_EHLMahfuz_SS_EHL Host Rep, Veteran

    Colocrossing?? :-P

  • vfusevfuse Member, Host Rep

    Most millionaires probably won't share that publicly. If you want to earn a lot of money it's usually a lot easier by getting a job than by starting your own business.

    Thanked by 1TheLinuxBug
  • TarZZ92TarZZ92 Member
    edited April 2015

    Mahfuz_SS_EHL said: Colocrossing?? :-P

    King of spam and fake product web sites

  • What about EIG owner?

  • time4vpstime4vps Member, Host Rep

    @rokok said:
    BharatB !

    ...or @jnguyen ?

  • hawchawc Moderator, LIR

    What about @abermingham and co over at Online.net . They must have made a bob or 2

  • UrDNUrDN Member
    edited April 2015

    @hawc said:
    What about abermingham and co over at Online.net . They must have made a bob or 2

    The owner of the company, Iliad, is owned by Xavier Niel and he has billions EUR.

  • @vfuse said:
    Most millionaires probably won't share that publicly. If you want to earn a lot of money it's usually a lot easier by getting a job than by starting your own business.

    It's secretive. Why would you want people to know?

    Thanked by 1gestiondbi
  • gestiondbigestiondbi Member, Patron Provider
    edited April 2015

    I am! Like I said in a previous post (I don't remember where) I build an New Space station to pass summer vacation! :P

  • @davidgestiondbi said:
    I am! Like I said in a previous post (I don't remember where) I build an New Space station to pass summer vacation! :P

    Can I visit?

  • gestiondbigestiondbi Member, Patron Provider

    @Jonchun said:

    We sold ticket for $7 by day. However, you need to book your own flight from your local Space Program Station ;)

  • Maybe the Sultan of Brunei's son runs some hosting in his spare time.

  • creepcreep Member

    why don't you open a new thread of how many thousands or millions have you spent on paying hostings and servers? I have spent $130k USD since 2004.

    Thanked by 1inthecloudblog
  • @ricardo said:
    Maybe the Sultan of Brunei's son runs some hosting in his spare time.

    Technically does; the sole ISP they have is of course state owned.

    Thanked by 1inthecloudblog
  • ricardoricardo Member
    edited April 2015

    State owned, that's a lot of customers.

    For providers who advertise here...

    You could make a decent stab at guessing provider's income. Some have public accounts and you can make an educated guess of revenue per customer.

    WHMCS will give you a userid so you have a rough idea of how many users a company has in its system.

    Give it a large margin of error and at least you have a ballpark idea of revenue per year. With some work put into it you could have a decent stab at valuating companies. The mystery is in their expenditure, and the owner's take home pay.

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