Frank Schilling

Over the weekend, I was texting some friends about buying tickets for a concert this Summer. One of our friends was suffering from a bit of analysis paralysis as he debated whether to choose tickets that were closer to the stage but towards the side or tickets in the center but a bit further back. I searched for an iMessage gif for the term “pressure” and quickly sent him the first one I found.

It was after I sent the image that I recognized the person in the gif. It wasn’t a famous athlete or actor. In fact, I would imagine most people who see that gif wouldn’t know who the person is at all. It was Frank Schilling.

The New York Post published a real estate article that caught my attention. The article discussed an upcoming online auction of 130 acres of undeveloped land in Malibu, California. The land is owned by none other than domain industry veteran, Frank Schilling.

According to the article, the 130 acres of land is divided amongst three parcels. The buyer would be able to build one large home on the land or subdivide for multiple single family homes. It looks like an enviable location for someone looking for a large lot of developable land on the California coast.

According to a morning press release from Tucows, the company has acquired the UNR registry platform and has hired 10 employees from UNR. As you may recall, UNR is the registry spin-off that Frank Schilling founded and retained when he sold most of his businesses to GoDaddy in 2020.

In the press release, it seems that the acquihire component of the deal was as important, or possibly more important, than the technology that was acquired:

“With over 150 years of combined experience, these expert engineers and business leaders will be vital additions to Tucows’ expanding team.“

For those of you wondering what Frank Schilling is up to these days after seemingly exiting the domain industry, the video below offers more information. No, this isn’t just about the flowing mane Frank has grown since I last saw him a couple of years ago. In addition to this development, Frank has reportedly acquired 300 acres of land on Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands.

According to an article Cayman Compass, Frank has become a major landowner in the Cayman Islands. “In a relatively short period of time he has become one of the biggest landowners on the Sister Islands,” the article shares. The article has more information about Frank’s real estate endeavor and his plans for this Cayman development, as does the video below: