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Executive Movements

GoDaddy names Roger Chen as Chief Operating Officer

GoDaddy Inc., the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced Roger Chen assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer, effective January 3, 2022. Chen will continue to report to GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani. “Roger has a proven track record of leadership, execution and operational excellence as demonstrated by his most recent successful tenure as President of our Domain Registrars and […]

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Singapore’s Acronis appoints Patrick Pulvermueller as Chief Executive Officer

Acronis, the global provider of cyber protection, has appointed cloud software and hosting industry veteran Patrick Pulvermueller as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2021. Pulvermueller succeeds Serguei Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013. Pulvermueller joins Acronis from GoDaddy, where he most recently served as President of […]

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Executive Movements

GoDaddy Appoints Michele Lau as Chief Legal Officer and Mark McCaffrey As CFO

GoDaddy Inc., the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced Michele Lau will assume the role of GoDaddy’s Chief Legal Officer effective July 12, 2021, and Mark McCaffrey will assume the role of GoDaddy’s Chief Financial Officer effective June 2, 2021.  Both will report to GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani.   Lau and McCaffrey replace CLO Nima Kelly […]

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Acquisition

GoDaddy completes acquisition of Poynt

GoDaddy Inc., the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced it has completed its acquisition of Poynt. The combination expands GoDaddy’s commerce services to help small businesses grow – both online and offline – using one platform. “GoDaddy exists to empower everyday entrepreneurs and we’re committed to helping their ventures succeed by delivering seamlessly intuitive commerce […]

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Vimeo enters strategic partnership with GoDaddy to empower entrepreneurs globally

Vimeo, the world’s leading professional video platform and community, announced a strategic partnership with GoDaddy, the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs— an integration that will bring the power of Vimeo directly to GoDaddy’s website builder and marketing tools.  GoDaddy is the latest partner to join Vimeo’s new partner program Powered by Vimeo, joining Facebook, Eventbrite, […]

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Investment

GoDaddy and EduSkills partner to boost entrepreneurship and digital skills development in India

GoDaddy, the company empowering everyday entrepreneurs has announced a partnership with EduSkills, a non-profit social enterprise designed to help boost entrepreneurship and digital skills development in India. With this partnership, GoDaddy and EduSkills aim to create a talent pool of thousands of skilled youth in the country, by offering GoDaddy’s newly created online training and […]

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Investment

GoDaddy enters agreement to acquire SkyVerge

GoDaddy, the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyVerge, a leading WooCommerce product developer. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Post acquisition, all SkyVerge employees, including its co-founders and leadership team, will join GoDaddy, the company said. GoDaddy is committed to helping entrepreneurs succeed […]

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Talent Ecosystem

GoDaddy to lay off 814 employees, close Austin offices due to COVID-19 impact

Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy recently announced a restructuring exercise due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The said restructuring plan is expected to affect about 12% of the company’s total workforce or more than 800 employees. The company said that the employees will either be let go or be moved […]

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Talent Ecosystem

GoDaddy acquires South African startup Over

GoDaddy has recently has entered into an acquisition agreement with South African startup Over for an undisclosed amount. Over is a social content developer startup that through its app lets businesses create photos and videos for their social media content. Over claims to have more than 1mn active users on its platform who are using […]