{"id":42627,"date":"2017-08-23T07:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42627"},"modified":"2017-08-23T07:48:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:48:23","slug":"godaddys-ceo-blake-irving-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/godaddys-ceo-blake-irving-to-retire.html","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy&#8217;s CEO Blake Irving to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GoDaddy&#8217;s CEO Blake Irving to retire<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GoDaddy&#8217;s CEO Blake Irving to retire:- Website hoster GoDaddy Inc said Chief Executive Blake Irving would retire at the end of this year and named Chief Operating Officer Scott Wagner as his successor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Irving would continue to serve on GoDaddy&#8217;s board through June 2018 and work closely with Wagner through the transition, the company said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Irving, who joined GoDaddy in 2013, had overseen the company&#8217;s initial public offering in 2015 and led its acquisition of Host Europe Group for 1.69 billion euros ($1.82 billion), its biggest deal ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Wagner also joined GoDaddy in 2013 after a 13-year stint at private equity firm KKR, where he served as a partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He was a key member of the team that invested in GoDaddy in 2011, and had served as interim CEO before Irving took over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GoDaddy provides a marketplace to buy domain names and website building tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-godaddy-ceo-idUSKCN1B22CB<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/godaddys-ceo-blake-irving-to-retire.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s CEO Blake Irving to retire GoDaddy&#8217;s CEO Blake Irving to retire:- Website hoster GoDaddy Inc said Chief Executive Blake Irving would retire at the end of this year and named Chief Operating Officer Scott Wagner as his successor. 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