Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons is a man of many surprises. A CPA by training, the GoDaddy.com executive started his first multi-million-dollar company in 1984, creating personal accounting software in his basement. By the time he sold Parsons Technology 10 years later, the company had 100 employees, more than 100 products, three million customers and $100 million in annual revenue.

Not one to rest on his laurels, the Go Daddy CEO got to work on a new start-up a year later. Although the company we now know as Go Daddy was founded in 1997, it wasn't until 2000 that it became an ICANN-accredited domain registrar.

Bob used some of the same tactics in building Go Daddy that he'd used to great success with Parsons Technology. Again, his company offered high-quality, low-cost ways for people to do it themselves - only this time they weren't filing their taxes or balancing their checkbooks, they were getting on the Internet.

Up till then, creating a Web presence had been a complicated and expensive task, one that required the services of Web consultants, writers, graphic designers and programmers. With Go Daddy's quick domain registration process and easy-to-use site builder, getting on the Internet became a do-it-yourself project that just about anyone can handle. Bob completed the picture by assembling the best customer support operation in the domain industry. The result? Another slam dunk.

Once Go Daddy hit its stride, the company began to invest in celebrity spokespeople. These began with WWE star Candice Michelle - who starred in Go Daddy's first ever Super Bowl commercial - followed by IndyCar star Danica Patrick. These two were soon joined by pro football player Chad Johnson and NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Often hailed as a marketing genius, Bob is best known for his outrageous and controversial commercials that are always just a little too edgy for Network censors. But there's no arguing with the results. His 2008 Super Bowl commercial drove 1.5 million viewers to their computers to watch a commercial featuring Danica Patrick. Pretty slick for a guy with a degree in accounting!

Today, Go Daddy has 5.5 million customers and is the world's largest domain registrar and hostname provider. Headquartered in Arizona, the company has more than 2,000 employees in eight locations.