I've always found the salaries of ICANN workers a bit exorbitant; because why do they actually own the intellectual property[0] and what do they actually do.

I've always found the salaries of ICANN workers a bit exorbitant; because why do they actually own the intellectual property[0] and what do they actually do. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy20-annual-report-expense-reimbursement-payments-directors-01oct20-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy20-annual-repo... Around ~1mill to the CEO in 2020 [0] - I say IP because I don't know the history or the network effects of how it all ends up under their control at the end of the day.