Rank #1060
Bob Parsons
Net worth $4.1B
Web hosting · United States
- Born
- Nov 27, 1950
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Web hosting
- Residence
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Baltimore
Net worth over time
Biography
- The colorful founder of GoDaddy, Bob Parsons, sold off his remaining stake in the web hosting firm and stepped down from the board in 2018.
- Parsons grew up "poor as a church mouse" in inner-city Baltimore and struggled in school, flunking the fifth grade.
- He sold software firm Parsons Technology to Intuit for $64 million in 1994; three years later he launched Jomax Technologies, later renamed GoDaddy.
- In 2014, Parsons founded PXG, which makes high-performance golf equipment and apparel.
- He also owns commercial real estate, motorcycle dealerships, a production company and the Scottsdale National Golf Club in Arizona.
- Parsons and his wife have given away some $350 million to charities since 2012.
- Parsons says his time as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War, where he received a Purple Heart medal and combat action ribbon, has helped him in business.