GoDaddy Awarded as Business Leader
Scottsdale, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – April 11, 2007 –
Domain registrar and web hosting firm, GoDaddy.com and its CEO and Founder Bob Parsons, have been honored with the 2007 Arizona Business Leadership Award. The annual distinction is bestowed on the Arizona business that best exemplifies industry leadership, financial growth, ethical conduct, community service and business education.
Jack Eberenz, Co-Chair of the Arizona Business Leadership Association commented, “Go Daddy is just the kind of company we would like to see other Arizona businesses emulate.”
Mr. Parsons remarked, “It’s a tremendous honor for our company and especially for all the great people who work at Go Daddy.” The company’s sole investor, considered a maverick for using bold maneuvers, and edgy marketing, created GoDaddy.com after determining customer support and price points were being underserved in the industry.
The Scottsdale-based company registers Internet domain names, or web site addresses. GoDaddy.com is not only the world’s leading domain name registrar – it dominates the industry with a portfolio more than twice the size of its closest competitor. GoDaddy.com is also the world’s top SSL hosting company and a leading provider for web hosting.
The award presentation is scheduled for the ABL organization’s meeting, May 3. Criteria for the award include demonstrating:
- How the company has shown leadership in Arizona’s business community and its own industry
- Strong financial growth and sustained profits for at least three fiscal years in excess of $5 million
- Support of business education and charitable contributions
GoDaddy.com develops most every product it sells – more than 30, all with domain names at the core – and boasts nearly four million customers around the globe. The extraordinary aspect of Parsons’ business model is how he refuses to outsource or offshore a single job. The Internet juggernaut now employs more than 1500 people.
Mr. Parsons is generous with the community and his staff, rewarding his top performers with prizes like having their mortgages paid for an entire year and routinely gives away cars, cash and exotic trips, including the tax bill. In addition, charities have benefited from Go Daddy, having recently donated $750,000 to the Barrow Neurological Institute.
Mr. Parsons concluded, ”It’s nice to be recognized. Go Daddy is about so much more than just racy Super Bowl commercials.”
Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 19 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every 2 seconds. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.
To learn more about Go Daddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.
