Bob Parsons is a serial entrepreneur. He sold his first company to Intuit, Inc. in 1994. Three years later Parsons started Jomax Technologies, renaming the company GoDaddy in 1999. In 2000, GoDaddy became an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar.
Godaddy founder is Bob Parson.Bob is a decorated military veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. He holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Baltimore, which presented him with an honorary doctorate in 2008 and named him Distinguished Entrepreneur in 2010. He was also awarded Arizona Business Leader of the Year in 2007 and the Celebrity Fight Night Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award in 2011. In 2013, Bob was presented with the Visionary Award for his charitable and entrepreneurial achievements, which have provided invaluable direction, leadership and voice to the Greater Phoenix Area.
In 2012 Bob and his wife Renee created The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to provide critical funding to non-profit organizations. The Parsons reinforced their commitment to philanthropy in December of 2013 by publically accepting an invitation to join The Giving Pledge, an initiative started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. They pledged to give away at least half their wealth – and likely much more – to philanthropic causes. During 2012 and 2013, Bob and Renee gave more than lei137 million to various charities.
Bob is active with social media and uses @DrBobParsons on Twitter.
According to Forbes, Parsons has a net worth of US$ 1.88 billion. The main source of his wealth has been through web hosting. He is the 328th richest person in the United States of America. He is ranked #931 on the list of Billionaires of the World. He is #340 on the Forbes 400 list.
He resigned as the executive chairman of GoDaddy in June 2014. In the same month, the company filed for a $100 million IPO. In 2011, he had sold a majority of his shares in GoDaddy to KKR, TCV, and Silver Lake but he retained 28%.
His company, Parsons Technology, founded in 1984, was sold to Intuit for US$ 64 million. As part of his philanthropic activities, he has donated US$ 64 million over a period of 3 years. Currently, he is the owner of 3 motorcycle dealerships, 9 shopping malls, Scottsdale National Golf Club, and an advertising agency. He is presently involved in building the world’s biggest Harley-Davidson dealership in Scottsdale in Arizona.
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