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OUR FOUNDER

Bob Parsons, possibly best-known as the founder of GoDaddy, is widely recognized for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic efforts. Currently, Bob is the CEO and founder of YAM Worldwide, which is home to his entrepreneurial ventures in the fields of golf, motorcycles, real estate, finance, marketing, innovation, and philanthropy.
 
He is a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
 
Among his other accomplishments, Parsons failed the 5^th grade and would not have graduated high school had he not joined The Marine Corps with two of his classmates under the “buddy plan” in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War. Upon showing his high school teachers his orders to report to Parris Island for boot camp they changed his failing grades to slightly passing.
 
After serving in The Marine Corps, Bob attended college at the University of Baltimore on the G.I. Bill and graduated magna cum laude. His alma mater presented him with an honorary doctorate in 2008 and named him Distinguished Entrepreneur in 2010.
 
In 1984, Bob started his first business, Parsons Technology, in his basement after teaching himself how to write computer programs. When Parsons Technology was sold to Intuit in 1994 for $64 million, the company had nearly one thousand employees, $100 million in annual revenue, and three million customers.

Three years later, he launched Jomax Technologies which would later become GoDaddy – the world’s largest domain name registrar. He sold a majority stake in 2011, in a deal that valued the company at $2.3 billion.