GoDaddy
American technology company
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| 2025 | GoDaddy returned to Super Bowl advertising after an eight-year hiatus, featuring a commercial promoting their AI service Airo with actor Walton Goggins. |
| February 16 2023 | GoDaddy filed its annual 10-K report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealing multiple data breaches over the past three years that impacted over one million customers. |
| September 2021 | GoDaddy canceled a contract with Texas Right to Life, removing their website related to the Texas Heartbeat Act. |
| April 2021 | Relocated headquarters from Scottsdale, Arizona to Tempe, Arizona. |
| January 11 2021 | GoDaddy deplatformed the web forum AR15.com following the U.S. Capitol attack, citing content moderation concerns. |
| 2020 | GoDaddy completed the acquisition of domain registry services from Neustar and renamed the service to 'GoDaddy Registry', initially operating country code top-level domains .co and .us, and generic top-level domains like .biz and .club. |
| December 2020 | GoDaddy conducted a controversial phishing awareness test during the COVID-19 pandemic by sending employees a fake bonus email. |
| January 2020 | Unveiled a new logo with a heart-shaped design spelling out 'GO'. |
| September 4 2019 | Aman Bhutani assumed the role of CEO, replacing Scott W. Wagner. |
| March 2018 | Announced migration of the majority of infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS). |
| 2017 | Acquired the security platform Sucuri. |
| April 2017 | Acquired Host Europe Group, including 123 Reg, Domain Factory, and Heart Internet, for 1.69 billion euros. |
| February 2016 | GoDaddy resumed registering .cn domain names as part of its push into the Asia market. |
| April 1 2015 | GoDaddy successfully completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with stock prices soaring 30% on the first day of trading. |
| January 27 2015 | GoDaddy released a controversial Super Bowl ad featuring a puppy, which was quickly withdrawn after massive public backlash from animal advocates. |
| June 2014 | GoDaddy filed a $100 million IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| 2013 | GoDaddy was reported as the largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar globally, with a market size four times larger than their closest competitor. |
| January 6 2012 | Blake Irving joined GoDaddy as CEO. |
| December 11 2011 | Rival domain registrar Namecheap accused GoDaddy of violating ICANN rules regarding domain transfers. |
| July 1 2011 | KKR, Silver Lake Partners, and Technology Crossover Ventures closed a deal to purchase 65% of GoDaddy for an estimated $2.25 billion. |
| September 2010 | GoDaddy put itself up for auction, with reported bids exceeding $1.5-2 billion. |
| March 24 2010 | GoDaddy stopped registering .cn domains (China) due to concerns about personal information requirements and government involvement. |
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