Josh Metnick

Josh has been active in the Internet and domain industry for sixteen years, having registered his first domain names in early 1994. Josh currently serves as Chairman of Chicago.com, Inc., Chairman of Associated Cities, Inc. as well as Chair of the Governance Committee of Inuvo, Inc. (AMEX: INUV) and co-founder of Midwest Business, Inc. Josh has been recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a “Top 100 Technology Player” as well as being one of the youngest individuals to achieve the publication’s “40 Under 40” distinction. Josh, along with Mike Hakimi, Jared Polis, Andrew Doane and Daniel Marks, co-founded AIS.NET, one of the earliest Internet service providers in the Chicago area. AIS.NET was acquired by Exodus Communications in January of 1999.

Josh holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Aviation, where he acquired his pilot’s license at the age of 19.