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Auction.com Co-Founder Honored as ‘Internet Person of the Year’

blue-ribbonAuction.com's Rob Friedman has a new award for the mantle: The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) named the real estate marketplace's chairman and co-founder Internet Person of the Year.

According to an announcement, IMA awarded Friedman the honor based on his hands-on approach to create a marketplace where homebuyers and sellers can benefit from a transparent, efficient process.

"Rob Friedman utterly embodies the total vision of the internet entrepreneur—the drive, the vision, the innovation, the risk taking," said Sinan Kanatsiz, chairman and founder of IMA. "Combine that with his commitment to his community, employees and the development of the highest professional standards for the internet marketing industry, and the selection of Rob as 'Internet Person of the Year' was a decision that was impossible not to make."

With this recognition, Friedman and Auction.com join the ranks of some of the most prominent Internet entrepreneurs of the last decade, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nativo founder Justin Choi, and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

"To receive this award is such an honor—and a testament to Auction.com's success in providing Internet users with the most seamless process possible for transacting real estate," Friedman said. "With more than $26 billion in residential and commercial properties sold through our platform, Auction.com is indeed 'where real estate is moving now and into the future.'"

About Author: Tory Barringer

Tory Barringer began his journalism career in early 2011, working as a writer for the University of Texas at Arlington's student newspaper before joining the DS News team in 2012. In addition to contributing to DSNews.com, he is also the online editor for DS News' sister publication, MReport, which focuses on mortgage banking news.
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