14 Facts About Jay Stamper

Jeremy Stamper was born on June 14,1972 and is an American entrepreneur, nonprofit leader and politician from South Carolina.

Jay Stamper first gained national media attention for pranks targeting incumbent politicians and has since founded several internet companies, including Spout, The Delaware Company, Progressive Homesellers and PersonRatings.

Jay Stamper attended public, private and parochial schools in the Seattle area and later earned his undergraduate degree in Government from Connecticut College.

Jay Stamper began his entrepreneurial career in 2002 when he founded The Delaware Company, a business filing company that specialized in Delaware incorporation.

Jay Stamper served as CEO until 2006, when he sold the company to the Dutch multinational Wolters Kluwer for an undisclosed sum.

In November 2011, Jay Stamper's Delaware holding company, IPIC Group Ltd.

On February 26,2013, Jay Stamper announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat held by Lindsey Graham.

In 2002, Jay Stamper began cybersquatting the domain names corresponding to the names of elected officials and connecting the domains to various controversial websites including sites promoting cannibalism as a form of political satire.

The World Intellectual Property Organization ruled that two domains registered by Jay Stamper were "not confusingly similar" to the Estee Lauder trademark and found in favor of Jay Stamper.

Jay Stamper described the site as "the homepage for your life-long accumulated reputation" but has admitted that "you need to take a person's ratings profile with a grain of salt".

In 2006, Jay Stamper founded Federal Savings, a finance company that sold debt securities with a maturity of six months.

Jay Stamper claimed to operate under an exemption to Federal securities laws and never obtained licenses to sell securities anywhere.

On March 9,2007, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions ordered Federal Savings and Jay Stamper to stop selling securities.

Jay Stamper himself was threatened with a life sentence and agreed to a felony plea deal, pleading guilty to three felony charges relating to the business.