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Who is your person?

Who is your person?. Bob Parsons. Why do we care / what is their business?. Bob Parson’s business is GoDaddy.com . GoDaddy’s industry includes: Domain Registrar, Web Hosting, SSL certificates and small businesses. He is a very successful man, his company is worth around $2-2.5 billion.

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Who is your person?

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  1. Who is your person? Bob Parsons

  2. Why do we care / what is their business? Bob Parson’s business is GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy’s industry includes: Domain Registrar, Web Hosting, SSL certificates and small businesses. He is a very successful man, his company is worth around $2-2.5 billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  3. Where were they born? Bob was born on November 27, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  4. Where did they go to school/University? He went to high school in Baltimore, barely passing by joining the United States Marine Corps of 1968. After returning from Vietnam he enrolled in University, graduating with a major in accounting and magna cum laude from University of Baltimore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  5. What was their first computer related business? In 1984 Parsons Technology was started, it was a home accounting program. He focused on selling and programming MoneyCounts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons.

  6. When did they first become a big success? He first became a big success when he completed a $64 million sale of Parsons Technology to Intuit on September 27, 1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  7. Who were their partners? He didn’t have any help from partners when he started his Parsons Technology business, but when it started growing it became a 1,000 employee privately held company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  8. Interesting Info In 2011, Bob Parsons tweeted a video of him shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  9. How much are they worth? Bob Parsons net worth is more then $2-2.5 billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons

  10. Have they won any awards? He has won: • Celebrity Fight Night Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award • Several 2007 Arizona Excellence (ACE) Awards http://www.bobparsons.me/about_bob.php

  11. Quote • “I am not that smart.” • “I learned at that young age that sometimes a really big chance pays off.” • “You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.” http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/bob_parsons.html

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