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== Career History==

== Career History==

* In 1984, he founded a company and named it Parsons Technology. Later, in 1986, he sold it to Intuit.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref>

Bob's entry in the technology industry was incidental. He was sent to San Francisco bay area to accomplish an accounting job. During a stroll at Stanford University, he happened to drop by a bookstore and bought a book on BASIC programming. He read the book and began experimenting with a computer. He developed a program on personal finances. In 1984, he established Parsons Technology and started selling the software. The company had 1,000 employees when he sold to Intuit in 1994 for $64 million and moved to Arizona. In 1997, Bob founded Jomax Technologies. He renamed the company as [[GoDaddy]] in 1999 and became an ICANN accredited registrar in 2000.<ref>[https://www.godaddy.com/about/about-bob.aspx GoDaddy]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref> <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394968/index.htm Who's Your Go Daddy?]</ref>

* In 1999, Bob established Jomax Technologies. He renamed the company as [[GoDaddy]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php Bobparsons.me]</ref>

== Awards ==

== Awards ==