Ten cities in 10 years, high-tech wiz kid, Teten, calls J’lem home

Ha’aretz Daily English Edition

(June 16, 2000)
Tamar Hausman

“Teten’s business and personal network is in an intricate lattice that spans both U.S. coasts and reaches to South America, where he also worked, to Israel, and beyond. He’s lived in 10 cities in 10 years. He recruited top-notch American and Israeli board members and blue-chip investors for Goldnames, which invests in Internet domain names… “Nearly all of his staff left jobs at prestigious investment banks and technology companies to take a chance on Goldnames. Collectively, the resumes of his staff read like a Fortune 500 listing: Bankers Trust, Bear Sterns, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Salomon Brothers, Sumitomo Bank, etc. “As a testament to his networking capabilities, Goldnames’ board includes Rimon Ben Shaul, president and CEO of Clal Industries & Investments Ltd., and Jonathan Bulkeley, the former CEO of Barnesandnoble.com and of AOL United Kingdom, who is now chairman of QXL.com” If you would like to purchase the entire article from Ha’aretz, click here. After a very short sign-up, the article will be there waiting to be bought.