A curious Nick Yates bio - Is this someone else?
Having some fun with the Internet Wayback Machine, I ran across the strange bio for one Nick Yates that I have copied and pasted at the bottom of this post. While it bears some similarities to VEND's Nick Yates (Australia and California mentions), in other ways it is seemingly inconsistent with our NY's bio. Curiously, though, this comes from a previous version of the web page at www.nicholasyates.com, and the current version of that very same page is quite clearly our boy, right down to that familiar smiling self-confident visage.
The really strange thing about this, as you'll note, is that this Nick Yates, whoever he is, claims to have co-founded Netflix (?!?! - Somebody tell Wikipedia!) and became president of Redbox (?!?!). The internet doesn't seem to have recorded these affiliations! Somebody has some work to do updating the Internet via Wikipedia and other sites!
Or maybe Mitch Lowe posted his bio on an earlier version of this page and someone mistakenly changed the name from "Mitch Lowe" to "Nick Yates"? But he has his own web page at www.mitchlowe.net. Or did Mitch Lowe decide to adopt the pseudonym of "Nicholas Yates" for some reason?
I am so confused! Is this a previous fantasy bio of VEND's Nick Yates? Is there another Nick Yates who had previously controlled the url for nicholasyates.com? And, if so, why did that guy post such outrageous claims about his supposed tenures with Netflix and Redbox? Did Mitch Lowe moonlight as Nick Yates for a while? Or is this the work of some random fool who cleverly created an archived web page just to drive me crazy?
In any event, for your amusement (well, I found it amusing, anyway), here is the bio that I copied from the "Contact" tab of the April 4, 2012, version of www.nicholasyates.com. If you have any explanation for this confusion I'm suffering, I'm all ears. And, as you may be interested in knowing, there's lots more from that old web site, although it gets a bit repetitive. Whoever, it is, he claims to really really like vending machines, though.
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Yates was born and raised in Sydney Australia, and attended the University of Arizona where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After graduation he and his wife, whom he met while attending college, moved to California.
Nick Yates started his first successful business, Video Droid there and managed over five hundred employees. In 1986, Nick Yates sold Video Droid to a Japanese firm, but, continued with the company CEO. The company expanded over the next ten years especially in the Northern California area.
In 1998, he co-founded Netflix, and started the online video rental business. In 2002, Nicholas Yates, and his family moved to the Washington D.C. area so he could accept a position with McDonald’s Redbox Corporation.
In 2009, Nick Yates and his family moved to a Chicago suburb in Indiana, where he continues to work as President of Redbox.
Nick Yates is an avid golfer and plays year round. He enjoys golfing not only with his wife and family, but, business associates as well. He is a member of the local country club where he plays golf.
Nicholas Yates served as the President, as well as on the Board of Directors of Video Software Dealers Association, in the 1990’s and he is still an active member.
Nick Yates enjoys time with not only his immediate family, but, holidays with his parents, siblings, and various cousins, nieces and nephews. He and his family take vacations together and own a home in the Florida Keys, where they vacation frequently.
It is not unusual for Nick Yates and his family to spend the winters at their Florida home, leaving behind the frigid temperatures of the Windy City.
Nick Yates, is physically fit, attractive, and looks much younger than his actual age. He is friendly, and outgoing, and loves meeting new people, and making friends everywhere he goes.
Even though he is relaxing in the Keys, he has his finger on the pulse of the Redbox business and is ready to react or proact quickly to any situation that may arise. His quick mind can usually resolve an issue with an innovative solution. Nick Yates always has an action plan and can work from anywhere successfully.
Nick Yates’ children will soon be leaving for the colleges and universities of their choice. Nick Yates and his wife are looking forward to their empty nest years that will be arriving soon.
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