Bob Parsons

Bob (Robert) Parsons is an American entrepreneur. He is the Executive Chairman and Founder of the  Go Daddy  group of companies, a family of companies comprising three ICANN-accredited domain name registrars, including flagship registrar  GoDaddy.com .com, reseller registrar Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains. Other affiliated companies include Domains by Proxy, a domain privacy company, and Starfield Technologies, the business's technology development arm.

Education


Parsons obtained an accounting degree, graduating magna cum laude in 1975, from the University of Baltimore. He began his long-term career in software as a self-taught programmer.
The University of Baltimore conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on May 21, 2008.


Parsons Technology


In 1984, he founded Parsons Technology in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and began selling MoneyCounts, a home accounting program. In late 1987, Parsons was able to quit his job and focus completely on selling and programming MoneyCounts. Eventually, Parsons Technology grew to be a 1,000-employee privately held company. On September 27, 1994, Parsons completed the sale of Parsons Technology to Intuit for $64 million.


Go Daddy


The  Go Daddy  Group, Inc.
He founded the Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company,  Go Daddy . In 2011, he stepped down as CEO.


Elephant shooting controversy


In 2011, Parsons was denounced by animal rights groups for tweeting a video in which he shoots and kills an elephant in Zimbabwe. In response, Parsons explained, "The tribal authorities requested that I and others like me patrol the fields before and during the harvest." PETA said that it would close its account with  Go Daddy  and urged others to do the same.

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