e-gold Ltd. Is a Nevis, West Indies company created to serve as the General Contractor responsible for performance of the e-gold Account User Agreement. e-gold under its charter is completely dissociated from the business risks relating to exchange. This clarity of roles further assures e gold's freedom from default risk and finality of settlement.

e-gold was developed and deployed as an Internet payment system by Gold & Silver Reserve (G&SR), Inc., a Delaware Corporation in 1996. The e-gold roles of Issuance and Settlement were devolved to e-gold, Ltd. in January 2000.

G&SR, Inc continues to serve as the operator of the e-gold payment system. G&SR, Inc. also offers its own innovative set of hybrid currency exchange services, known as OmniPay.

Dr. Douglas Jackson - Founder
Dr. Jackson is a physician, board certified in Radiation Oncology. He received his M.D. from Penn State in 1982. In 1986 he completed residency in Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland and was certified by the American Board of Radiology. From 1986 through 1992 he served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Chief of Radiation Oncology at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston Texas. In 1992 he left active duty to assume duties as Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida. He was a founding partner of Florida Oncology, a group practice providing hospital based oncology services.

In 1995, based on private study regarding monetary influences on credit and the business cycle he conceived of e-gold as remote payment system that did not require an obligatory financial intermediary. The e-gold system was deployed online in November 1996. In 1998, Dr. Jackson sold his interest in Florida Oncology to devote full time attention to the e-gold enterprise.

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