Hillan Klein is CEO of Namecheap and Spaceship.
Hillan has been part of Namecheap’s leadership since 2013. He served as COO for 12 years, overseeing operations as the company grew into one of the world’s largest domain registrars and a home for millions of people building their businesses online. He became CEO in December 2025 to lead the next stage of growth.
Today, Hillan runs a group that covers domain names and everything that grows from them. Namecheap brings 26 years of experience and customers in every corner of the world. Spaceship offers an AI-driven platform that makes domains and web technology simple. Starlight Registry was created to bring a new generation of top-level domains built for the future.
Across all of it, Hillan has watched the domain refuse to stand still. Each new wave of technology has asked more of it, and it has delivered every time. The next wave, an Internet of AI, will ask the most of all. Hillan is convinced the domain is ready.
Every new technology creates new things, and every one of those things has to be found and trusted. Whatever comes next, and whoever or whatever makes it, Hillan’s keynote will argue one thing. Next needs names.
