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  1. Jaguar36

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    #1 Jaguar36, May 10, 2019
    I've been wondering who actually owns FerrariChat.com? I had though that it was owned by CafeMedia because of this "An Elite CafeMedia Lifestyle Publisher" at the bottom of the pages. However after doing some digging it appears that's just the ad network they use.

    Along a similar vein, is there a listing of all of the Staff and Moderators anywhere?

    Note that I think they do a great job, and this is purely to soothe my curiosity, I don't have any other intentions beyond thinking we should understand who is moderating the content we see, both here and everywhere else.
     
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  2. GH13

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    #2 GH13, May 10, 2019
  3. Rory J

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    #3 Rory J, May 18, 2019
    Russian owned I believe.
     
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  4. rob lay

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    #4 rob lay, May 18, 2019
    Motorsport Network bought 75% from me in July 2016, Motorsport Network partnered with Speed Digital January of this year. I still own 25% and Speed Digital has 100% Operational Control. Motorsport Network still has some ownership, but we work independently of them now. I really really like Speed Digital as a parent, main owner big car guy and collector. He was also a FerrariChat user years ago before even considering being an owner. FerrariChat not "Russian" owned.
     
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  5. Innovativethinker

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    #5 Innovativethinker, May 18, 2019
    Russian mafia from the rumor mill
     
  6. rob lay

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    #6 rob lay, May 18, 2019
  7. Innovativethinker

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  8. rob lay

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    #8 rob lay, May 18, 2019
    Zak is the Chairman of Motorsport and Rob of Speed Digital. Speed Digital is now in 100% operational control of FerrariChat. I am EVP of Speed Digital reporting to the CEO. Jack Booker is now the lead administrator all our forums.
     
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  9. Natkingcolebasket69

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    #9 Natkingcolebasket69, May 18, 2019
    I’m glad it’s not Russian owned;)


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  10. Jdubbya

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    #10 Jdubbya, May 18, 2019
    Nah, just Russian influenced. ;)
     
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  11. rob lay

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    #11 rob lay, May 18, 2019
    There are some Russians on the Motorsport team, but most are also American citizens and out of the 1,000 Motorsport employees etc Russians make up a minority. There is nothing wrong with being Russian, maybe Texan yes.

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  12. Natkingcolebasket69

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    #12 Natkingcolebasket69, May 18, 2019
    Although u are right there is a bad precedent with the USA & when I see sunny isles in Miami used to funnel drug money and being called little Moscow I don’t like the association.
    FYI I am engineer VP of compliance in charge of installing transaction monitoring systems across main
    Banks in the USA so I unfortunately see a lot of those patterns... that being said love both my Russian friends and Texan Friends too;)


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  13. rob lay

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    #13 rob lay, May 18, 2019
    maybe in private equity, but you don't take companies public like the management team at Motorsport has in the past unless T's crossed, and I's dotted.
     
  14. Natkingcolebasket69

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    #14 Natkingcolebasket69, May 18, 2019
    I’m sure they are great—— but then again it’s not a maybe i do this In wealth management, retail, private equity...money laundering is everywhere;)


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    #15 Lusso123, May 18, 2019

    Correct. ".....money laundering is everywhere"
     
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  16. MK1044

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    #16 MK1044, May 18, 2019
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  17. RedNeck

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    #17 RedNeck, May 20, 2019
    Waitaminit....Rob Kauffman owns F-Chat? The same Rob Kauffman that shut down MWR?

    Got a bone to pic with that fella...or at least a conversation to have.
     
  18. rob lay

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    #18 rob lay, May 20, 2019
    ha, at least confirms he's a great businessman. :D
     
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    #19 GuyIncognito, May 20, 2019
    I don't think Rob shut down MWR...I think Michael Waltrip was the lead agent on that :eek:

    Rob owns AF Corse and is now an investor in Ganassi, both successful before and since the NWR debacle.

    he also owns a few nice cars ;) http://gt40.rkmotorscharlotte.com/
     
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    #20 19633500GT, May 20, 2019
    Is it OK to PM you a biz question?
     
  21. Natkingcolebasket69

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    #21 Natkingcolebasket69, May 20, 2019
    Sure as long as u don’t ask how to launder money lol;)


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    #22 19633500GT, May 20, 2019
    Do I set it to Warm/Cold, or Warm/Warm? ;)

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    #23 Enzojr, May 20, 2019
    Whoa .......
    It’s already going in the washer “hot” so go with cold/cold.
    In the dryer you want air dry only, no heat.
    ....and NO bleach ;)
     
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  24. Jaguar36

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    #24 Jaguar36, May 20, 2019
    Thanks for clearing that up Rob. Will the classifieds be switching to Speed Digital's platform then?

    I did find a list of all the moderators here: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/forums/ferrari-discussion-not-model-specific.3/moderators
    Is it the same moderators for all the forums?

    I'm still curious who owns Motosport Network, it seems to have quite the complicated past and a history of a number of different owners and shareholders. (And yes alot of russian names in there)
     
  25. GatorFL

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    #25 GatorFL, May 20, 2019
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