Student who bought Google.com gives reward to Indian education charity

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聽gained worldwide fame after it was revealed he had managed to purchase the iconic URL for just $12聽thanks to a flaw in the corporation国产视频檚 systems.

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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 Art of Living India Foundation, that focuses on taking education to the country国产视频檚 slums. Sanmay wrote that it聽国产视频渞uns 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国产视频�.

Sanmay, who is taking an MBA at Babson College in Massachusetts, hinted to Business Insider that the reward was 国产视频渕ore than $10,000国产视频�.

He added: 国产视频淚 don国产视频檛 care about the money. It was never about the money. I also want to set an example that it国产视频檚 people who want to find bugs, that it国产视频檚 not always about the money.国产视频�

Asked why he wanted the reward to go to the Art of Living India Foundation, Sanmay said: 国产视频淚国产视频檓 kind of a proponent for education.国产视频�