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GoDaddy

Privately held company that is primarily an internet domain registrar and web hosting company

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godaddy.com
careers.godaddy.com
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Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Data security
Data security
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Data management
Web hosting service
Web hosting service
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
Customer service
Customer service
E-commerce
E-commerce
Location
United States
United States
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
B2X
B2B
B2B
B2C
B2C
1
CEO
Aman Bhutani
Aman Bhutani
Founder
Bob Parsons
Bob Parsons
AngelList URL
angel.co/godaddy
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../50973-40
Legal Name
GoDaddy Inc.
Subsidiary
Outright
Outright
Plasso
Plasso
Legal classification
Privately held company
Privately held company
Number of Employees (Ranges)
5,001 – 10,000
Email Address
info@godaddy.com
Number of Employees
5,990
Full Address
14455 North Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, US
DUNS Number
967769167
Founded Date
1997
3
Competitors
HostPapa
HostPapa
MDDHosting
MDDHosting
DreamHost
DreamHost
HostGator
HostGator
Cast.ai
Cast.ai
Bluehost
Bluehost
Namecheap
Namecheap
Volusion
Volusion
2
...
Exchange
Nasdaq
Nasdaq
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
4
NAICS Code
519,130
CAGE Code
76DY3
Patents Assigned (Count)
1
Legal Entity Identifier
549300J8H1TB0I2CB447
Wellfound ID
godaddy
ChatGPT Plugin URL
ehodiexgqdfrfuvo2go5eumahm0fxjpz.lambda-url.us-west-2.on.aws/o...pi.yaml
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

Other attributes

Blog
community.godaddy.com/godaddy/
Company Operating Status
Active
Invested in
Teikametrics
Teikametrics
Partner Organizations
Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
Wikidata ID
Q1416215
GoDaddy

GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and incorporated in Delaware.

As of December 2021, GoDaddy has more than 20 million customers and over 9,000 employees worldwide. The company is known for its advertising on TV and in the newspapers. It has been involved in several controversies related to unethical business practices and censorship.

History

GoDaddy was founded in 1997 in Phoenix, Arizona by entrepreneur Bob Parsons. Prior to founding GoDaddy, Parsons had sold his financial software services company Parsons Technology to Intuit for $65 million in 1994. He came out of his retirement in 1997 to launch Jomax Technologies (named after a road in Phoenix Arizona) which became GoDaddy Group Inc. GoDaddy received a strategic investment, in 2011, from private equity funds, KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures.

The company headquarters was located in Scottsdale, AZ up until April 2021, when then moved to Tempe, AZ.

Company name

In 1999, a group of employees at Jomax Technologies were brainstorming and decided to change the company name. One employee said, "How about Big Daddy?" However, the domain name had already been purchased, so Parsons replied, "How about Go Daddy?" The name was available, so he bought it. Parsons said that the company stuck with the name because it made people smile and remember it. The company changed its name branding from "Jomax Technologies" to "GoDaddy" in February 2006.

GoDaddy's original logo featured a cartoon-styled man with messy hair wearing sunglasses. In January 2020, GoDaddy unveiled a new logo with a simple, sans-serif type accompanied by a heart-shaped design that spells out "GO".

Company growth

In 2001, soon after Network Solutions was no longer the only place to register a domain, GoDaddy was approximately the same size as competitors Dotster and eNom.

In April 2005, GoDaddy became the largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the Internet.

As of 2018, GoDaddy is the world's largest web host by market share, with over 62 million registered domains.

In March 2018, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that GoDaddy is migrating the vast majority of its infrastructure to AWS as part of a multi-year transition.

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