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== Career History==

== Career History==

Bob's entry in the technology industry was incidental. He was sent to San Francisco bay area to accomplish an accounting job. During a stroll at Stanford University, he happened to drop by a bookstore and bought a book on BASIC programming. He read the book and began experimenting with a computer. He developed a program on personal finances. In 1984, he established Parsons Technology and started selling the software. The company had 1,000 employees when he sold to Intuit in 1994 for $64 million and moved to Arizona. In 1997, Bob founded Jomax Technologies. He renamed the company as [[GoDaddy]] in 1999 and became an ICANN accredited registrar in 2000.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref> <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394968/index.htm Who's Your Go Daddy?]</ref>

After earning his Degree in Accounting, he joined a direct mail company. His entry in the technology industry was incidental after he was sent by his company to San Francisco bay area to accomplish an accounting job. He strolled in a bookstore at Stanford University to pass time and bought a book on BASIC programming. He read the book and began experimenting with a computer. He developed a tax/finance program. In 1984, he established Parsons Technology and started selling the software. The company had 1,000 employees when he sold to Intuit in 1994 for $64 million and moved to Arizona. In 1997, Bob founded Jomax Technologies. He renamed the company as [[GoDaddy]] in 1999 and became an ICANN accredited registrar in 2000.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref> <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394968/index.htm Who's Your Go Daddy?]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover090504.htm Underachiever to Overlord: Go Daddy's Bob Parsons Started Slow Then Built Two Business Empires]</ref>

== Awards ==

== Awards ==