Irving out, Wagner in. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving announced yesterday afternoon that he will retire from GoDaddy at the end of the year. Scott Wagner, GoDaddy's president and chief operating officer, will take over as CEO when Irving ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Blake Irving on Fox & Friends: Super Bowl ad swap was not planned (and I believe him)
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's CEO discusses this year's Super Bowl ad controversy. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving was on Fox & Friends this morning talking about the Super Bowl ad controversy. He claims the original ad and changing it was not a publicity stunt. (See video ... Continue Reading8 Comments
GoDaddy to change controversial Super Bowl Commercial
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy won't run controversial "Journey Home" commercial. GoDaddy's 2015 Super Bowl commercial, which it just released this morning, won't air on Sunday after all. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted this afternoon: The ad was criticized by ... Continue Reading18 Comments
Times have changed: GoDaddy CEO to speak at women in computing event
· Domain RegistrarsCEO of company known for sexy commercials to speak on panel at women in computing conference. GoDaddy's CEO is speaking on the "Male Allies" panel at next week's Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event. Let that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2013 Top Stories: A new direction for GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy has a new CEO and is moving in a new direction. Blake Irving took the helm of domain name registrar and webhosting giant GoDaddy this year. It was a big shift for the company, which had been run by insiders until an investment group bought ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company's pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy CEO named as possible successor to Steve Ballmer at Microsoft
· Domain RegistrarsWall Street Journal says Irving might be a candidate for Microsoft's top spot. With Steve Ballmer heading to the exit at Microsoft within the next year, speculation about his replacement is rampant. One name that has come up: Blake Irving, who took ... Continue Reading7 Comments
2012 Impact Stories: changing of the guard at Go Daddy
· Domain RegistrarsMajor changes at the top of the world's largest domain name registrar. In late 2011 Go Daddy closed on an investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. We all knew changes would result, but how they manifested themselves in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Interview: Blake Irving, Go Daddy’s new CEO
· Domain RegistrarsLongtime Go Daddy customer now at its helm. This morning I talked with Blake Irving, who was just named Chief Executive Officer of Go Daddy, about why he chose to join the company. It turns out Irving is no stranger to the domain registration and ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Go Daddy names Blake Irving CEO
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar names its new CEO. Go Daddy has named former Chief Product Officer of Yahoo! and long time Microsoft executive Blake Irving as its new CEO effective January 7, 2013. He replaces interim CEO Scott Wagner, who replaced Warren Adelman in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment