Student who bought Google.com gives reward to Indian education charity
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An education and humanitarian charity in India has benefitted from the American student who bought and owned the Google.com web domain for one minute.
Sanmay Ved gained worldwide fame after it was revealed he had managed to purchase the iconic URL for just $12 thanks to a flaw in the corporation鶹APPs systems.
The business administration student鶹APPs access was revoked within 60 seconds after administrators apparently realised the error. He has since revealed that he was contacted by Google Security, who 鶹APPoffered me a reward in a very Googley way鶹APP.
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In a blog post, Sanmay said his actions were not motivated by money and he is not interested in making a financial gain from the purchase.
So he asked Google to donate the money to the , that focuses on taking education to the country鶹APPs slums. Sanmay wrote that it 鶹APPruns 404 free schools across 18 states of India, providing free education to more than 39,200 children in the slum, tribal and rural belts where child labour and poverty are widespread鶹APP.
Sanmay, who is taking an MBA at Babson College in Massachusetts, that the reward was 鶹APPmore than $10,000鶹APP.
He added: 鶹APPI don鶹APPt care about the money. It was never about the money. I also want to set an example that it鶹APPs people who want to find bugs, that it鶹APPs not always about the money.鶹APP
Asked why he wanted the reward to go to the Art of Living India Foundation, Sanmay said: 鶹APPI鶹APPm kind of a proponent for education.鶹APP