Summary
GoDaddy Inc. engages in the design and development of cloud-based technology products in the United States and internationally. The company provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity. It also offers shared Website hosting products that provide various applications and products, such as web analytics, Secure Sockets Layer certificates, and WordPress; Website hosting on virtual private servers and virtual dedicated servers products, which allows customers to select the server configuration suited for their applications, requirements, and growth; managed hosting products to set up, monitor, maintain, secure, and patch software and servers for customers; and security products, a suite of tools designed to help secure customers' online presence. In addition, the company provides presence products, such as Websites + Marketing, a do-it-yourself mobile-optimized online tool that enables customers to build websites and e-commerce enabled online stores; a range of marketing tools and services designed to help businesses acquire and engage customers, and create content, as well as search engine optimization that helps customers get their websites found on search sites; and social media management services. Further, it offers business application products, such as Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and Internet-based telephony services; online store capabilities that allows customers to transact business directly on their websites; GoDaddy Payments, a payment facilitator; and point-of-sale (POS) devices, as well as software for POS. The company serves small businesses, individuals, organizations, developers, designers, and domain investors. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.
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 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, Arizona up until April 2021, when then moved to Tempe, Arizona.
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 announced that GoDaddy was migrating the vast majority of its infrastructure to AWS as part of a multi-year transition.
Mission
GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+ million customers — and entrepreneurs everywhere — by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online.
Vision
Our vision is to radically shift the global economy toward life-fulfilling independent ventures.
Key Team
Ms. Michele Lau (Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec.)
Mr. Charles Beadnall (Chief Technology Officer)
Mr. Roger Chen (Chief Operating Officer)
Ms. Fara Howard (Chief Marketing Officer)
Ms. Monica Bailey (Chief People Officer)
Mr. Auguste D. Goldman (Pres of Care & Services)
Ms. Irana Wasti (Pres for GoDaddy EMEA)
Recognition and Awards
GoDaddy won 6 awards in 2022 and 8 awards in 2021. In 2022, GoDaddy won for Best Career Growth 2022, Best CEOs for Diversity 2022, Best CEOs for Women 2022, Best Marketing Team 2022, Best Engineering Team 2022 and Best Places to Work in Phoenix 2022. In 2021, GoDaddy won for Best Company for Diversity 2021, Best Company for Women 2021, Best CEO 2021, Best Company Culture 2021, Best Company Perks & Benefits, Best Company Compensation, Best CEOs for Diversity 2021 and Best Engineering Team 2021. Based on 2,335 ratings and 137 participants, employees at GoDaddy are satisfied with their work experience. The overall culture score, 74/100 or B+, incorporates employee ratings based on their feedback on the Outlook, Leadership, eNPS and more.
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