with Jennifer Lopez. Former Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar, founder of the Mexican tequila brand, Cabo Wabo, was reported to have forged ties with Peterson's Quepasa. Career activities Peterson is considered to be amongst the top authorities on Hispanic Internet culture in the United States. He maintains a presence in a number of IT industry advisory roles. Peterson serves on the Hispanic committee of the Interactive Advertising Bureau in New York City. According to his public biography, he acts as a technology consultant to the Federal government of Mexico. In 2007, a scholarship fund was established at the University of Texas, San Antonio, in Peterson's name. The fund grants scholarships to Hispanic students pursuing technology related degrees. Peterson, together with former MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, was reported to be among the founding investors of Vator, with his $250,000 angel investment in the start-up company led by Filipina-American entrepreneur and former CBS Marketwatch lead internet reporter Bambi Francisco in May 2007. On July 20, 2009, Peterson sold the Internet domain name demand.com to Demand Media Inc., a company controlled by former Myspace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt. In 2017, Peterson was credited as a producer of a biographical film about entrepreneur and best-selling author Jack Canfield. References External links "Quepasa.com, refugio de los internautas hispanos", by Micaela de la Maza, Baquia.com (Spanish language), December 24, 1999. "Quepasa Announces Relationship With The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)", June 12, 2003. 1972 births Living people American computer programmers American software engineers American technology company founders American technology chief executives American computer businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople American technology writers Wired (magazine) people 21st-century American engineers American corporate directors Angel investors American stockbrokers Film producers from California American people of English descent People from Santa Barbara, California Businesspeople from Phoenix, Arizona Businesspeople from Cambridge, Massachusetts Film producers from Massachusetts Film producers from Arizona Engineers from California 21st-century American inventors