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=== Career History === | === Career History === | ||
*In 1984, he founded a company and named it Parsons Technology. Later, in 1986, he sold it to Mountain View.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref> | *In 1984, he founded a company and named it Parsons Technology. Later, in 1986, he sold it to Mountain View.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref> | ||
*Bob Founded the company [[GoDaddy]] in 1997. | *Bob Founded the company [[GoDaddy]] in 1997. Im the beginning it was named as [[Jomax Technologies]], but in 1999 Parsons named it as [[GoDaddy]].<ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref> | ||
=== Awards === | === Awards === | ||
*He earned a Combat Action Ribbon while serving as a Combat Rifleman in the Vietnam war.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/bob-parsons crunchbase.com]</ref> | *He earned a Combat Action Ribbon while serving as a Combat Rifleman in the Vietnam war.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/bob-parsons crunchbase.com]</ref> | ||
*In 2007, he was selected as the Arizona Business Leader.<ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref> | |||
*He received the "Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year" award in 2005. | |||
=== Personal Life === | === Personal Life === |
Revision as of 04:56, 2 December 2010
Country: | USA |
Email: | president [at] godaddy.com |
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Twitter: | @DRBOBPARSONS |
Bob Parsons (born 1950) is the Founder and CEO of GoDaddy Group Inc.[1]
Education
- He holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting from the university of Baltimore. [2]
- He has a CPA degree, which he earned from the same University.[3]
Career History
- In 1984, he founded a company and named it Parsons Technology. Later, in 1986, he sold it to Mountain View.[4]
- Bob Founded the company GoDaddy in 1997. Im the beginning it was named as Jomax Technologies, but in 1999 Parsons named it as GoDaddy.[5]
Awards
- He earned a Combat Action Ribbon while serving as a Combat Rifleman in the Vietnam war.[6]
- In 2007, he was selected as the Arizona Business Leader.[7]
- He received the "Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year" award in 2005.
Personal Life
Bob has a taste for motorcycles has covered almost 85000 miles on his bikes.[8]