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| logo = | | logo = Endurance-International-Group.jpg | ||
| type = Public | | type = Public | ||
| industry = | | industry = Internet, Web hosting, Registrar | ||
| founded = 1997 | | founded = 1997 | ||
| founders = | | founders = Hari Ravichandran | ||
| ownership = | | ownership = | ||
| headquarters = | | headquarters = Burlington, MA | ||
| country = | | country = USA | ||
| businesses = | | businesses = | ||
| products = | | products = | ||
| employees = | | employees = 4000+ | ||
| revenue = | | revenue = $1.1B+ | ||
| website = [http://www.endurance.com | | website = [http://www.endurance.com Endurance.com] | ||
| blog = | | blog = | ||
| facebook = | | facebook = [https://www.facebook.com/EnduranceInternational Endurance International Group] | ||
| linkedin = | | linkedin = [https://www.linkedin.com/organization/40479/ Endurance International Group] | ||
| twitter = | | twitter = EnduranceIntl | ||
|userbox = | | userbox = | ||
| keypeople = | | keypeople = | ||
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'''Endurance International Group''' | '''Endurance International Group''' is a web hosting company, formerly known as [[BizLand]]. It was founded in 1997 as a company to help small businesses get onto the web quickly. After the tech bubble burst, BizLand resized and emerged as Endurance just before 2001, with only 14 employees.<ref name="journey"></ref> The new company began with customer acquisitions and the construction of back-end tools, eventually to move towards expanding their services.<ref name="journey">[https://www.endurance.com/our-company/our-journey Our Journey], Endurance.com. Retrieved 2016 April 18.</ref> | ||
The | Endurance is named after the ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who sailed across Antarctica in 1914. The ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, but Shackleton's entire 28-man crew remained alive through their thousand-mile trek to safety, through open ocean and glaciers. That tale inspired Endurance CEO [[Hari Ravichandran]] to recreate BizLand after the [[.com]] crash.<ref name="journey"></ref> | ||
The company is now backed by [[Warburg Pincus]] and [[GS Capital Partners]], and has over 2,500 employees. Its services are used by over 3 million subscribers.<ref name="journey"></ref> | |||
It values customer service and open source data.<ref name="endurance">[http://www.endurance.com Endurance], Endurance.com. Retrieved 2016 April 18.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Internet, Web hosting, Registrar |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Founder(s): | Hari Ravichandran |
| Headquarters: | Burlington, MA |
| Country: | USA |
| Employees: | 4000+ |
| Revenue: | $1.1B+ |
| Website: | Endurance.com |
| Facebook: | Endurance International Group |
| LinkedIn: | Endurance International Group |
| Twitter: |  @EnduranceIntl
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Endurance International Group is a web hosting company, formerly known as BizLand. It was founded in 1997 as a company to help small businesses get onto the web quickly. After the tech bubble burst, BizLand resized and emerged as Endurance just before 2001, with only 14 employees.[1] The new company began with customer acquisitions and the construction of back-end tools, eventually to move towards expanding their services.[1]
Endurance is named after the ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who sailed across Antarctica in 1914. The ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, but Shackleton's entire 28-man crew remained alive through their thousand-mile trek to safety, through open ocean and glaciers. That tale inspired Endurance CEO Hari Ravichandran to recreate BizLand after the .com crash.[1]
The company is now backed by Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners, and has over 2,500 employees. Its services are used by over 3 million subscribers.[1]
It values customer service and open source data.[2]