Gandi is a French domain registrar (founded in 1999) which also offers email, hosting and SSL certificate services. As of 2019 the site reports Gandi managed over 2.5 million active domain names worldwide. The company was created by French internet entrepreneurs (Pierre Beyssac, Laurent Chemla, David Nahmias, Valentin Lacambre) and now has offices in Paris, Luxembourg, San Francisco and Taipei. Gandi markets itself as an independent and transparent provider (private, with no outside investors). The official site emphasizes its experience and broad global presence, but does not detail founder biographies beyond listing the names in its history.