# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-parsons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:21:49.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-parsons"
name: "Bob Parsons"
slug: "bob-parsons"
description: "Robert Ralph Parsons is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1997, he founded the GoDaddy group of companies, including Internet domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, reseller registrar Wild West Domains, and Blue Razor Domains. In July 2011, Parsons sold approximately 70 percent of GoDaddy to a private equity consortium and resigned his position as CEO. In June 2014, he stepped down from his position as Executive Chairman and served on the board until 2018."
tagline: "American entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Parsons.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1950-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.26
  momentum:             0.1707212974818609
  historical:           5.438242666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/drbobparsons"
    handle:    "drbobparsons"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/drbobparsons/"
    handle:    "drbobparsons"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons"
    title: "Bob Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "بوب بارسونز (رائد أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بوب بارسونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons"
    title: "Bob Parsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AE%91%E4%BC%AF%C2%B7%E5%B8%95%E6%A3%AE%E6%96%AF"
    title: "鮑伯·帕森斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4933600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump