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GoDaddy Corporate Office

Go Daddy

GoDaddy is an internet domain registrar and web hosting company.

GoDaddy was founded as Jomax Technologies in 1997 by Bob Parsons.

History

Prior to starting the company Parsons had founded and sold his financial services company Parson’s Technology Inc. for several million dollars to Intuit.

In 1999 a group of employees at Jomax decided to change the name of the company. They decided on GoDaddy because it made people smile and remember it.

Today GoDaddy provides both businesses and individuals with internet services such as domain registration and website hosting, along with software and services for website creation, e-commerce, and podcasting.

The company has 53 million domain names under management.

As of 2018, the company was the largest domain host by market share, with 62 million registered domain names.

On April 1, 2015, GoDaddy had a successful IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with the stock soaring 30% on the first day of trading. The ticker symbol is GDDY.

Founder Bob Parsons continues to be the majority stakeholder.

GoDaddy maintains a corporate office in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Harry & David Corporate Office

Harry & David

Harry & David is a premium food and gift producer and retailer.

Harry & David was founded in 1910 when Samuel Rosenberg purchased Comic Pear Orchards in Oregon, naming it Bear Creek Orchards.

History

In 1914 Rosenberg’s sons Harry and David took over the orchard after completing their agricultural degrees at Cornell.

The brothers sold the pears in Europe until the Great Depression made it too difficult; they then began to sell their pears in the United States.

In 1934 the company began to sell pears by mail-order and in 1937 introduced the “Fruit of the Month Club.”

In 1946 the company incorporated under the name Harry & David.

In 1972 David’s son David H. Holmes was president of Harry & David. He created Bear Creek Holding Company as the parent company to Harry & David. Bear Creek went public and remained public until its purchase by Nabisco in 1984.

During the 1990’s Harry & David expanded its retail operations, opening more than 119 stores.

In March 2021, USA Today listed Harry & David as one of the best online stores to purchase quality food and gift items.

Today Harry & David sells gift baskets filled with gourmet foods, most notably its Royal Riviera Pears, Moose Munch popcorn snacks, and Tower of Treats gifts. The company also sells fruits, flowers, gourmet specialties, and wine through 50 stores in 25 states.

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Cablevision Corporate Office

Cablevision

Cablevision has its roots in the 1960’s launching of Sterling Manhattan Cable by Home Box Office (HBO) by Charles Dolan.

Dolan subsequently sold HBO and Sterling Manhattan Cable to Time Life Inc. and used the money from the sale to start a new cable system called Cablevision in Long Island, New York.

Cablevision quickly expanded to other parts of the New York metropolitan area.

History

By the mid-1990’s Cablevision had 2.9 million subscribers in 19 states.

Today Cablevision Systems Corporation owns and operates cable television systems through three operating segments: Cable, Lightpath, and Other.

Cablevision is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CVC, is a member of the S&P 500, and is #382 on the Fortune 500.

Cablevision has 14,046 employees and had $6.23 billion in revenue in 2013.

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Iams Corporate Office

Iams

Paul Iams founded The Iams Company in 1946. He was a graduate of Ohio State University and worked as an animal nutritionist.

At the time of the company’s founding, pets were generally fed table scraps.

In 1950 Iams created an animal based dry dog food and called it Iams 999.

History

In 1969 Iams developed a new dog food and named it Eukanuba.

Over the years the company has developed and patented many nutritional advances for animals, including vitamin A to help prevent weight gain in animals, Dental Defense which helps to reduce tartar build-up, and formulas that help animals maintain muscle.

In 1975 Clay Mathile bought half the company, and in 1982 he bought the other half, becoming the sole owner.

In 1999, after growing the company significantly, he sold Iams to Proctor & Gamble.

Today The Iams Company sells dog food and cat food in more than 70 countries worldwide, though North America accounts for most of the company’s sales.

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Kirby Company Corporate Office

The Kirby Company

The Kirby Company manufactures vacuum cleaners.

In 1906 Jim Kirby developed his first vacuum cleaner, the Domestic Cyclone.

In 1914 George H. Scott starts the George H. Scott Machine Shop. The next year he was joined by Carl Fetzer, changing the name of the company to The Scott & Fetzer Machine Company.

History

Jim Kirby began designing vacuum cleaners for the company after World War I, designing the Wireless Vac-u-ette, which is the predecessor of the modern multi-attachment vacuum cleaner model.

In 1920 the company began its direct-sales model, selling the Vac-u-ette door to door by independent sales people.

The company continued to introduce new models, each more popular and profitable than the last.

Berkshire Hathaway bought Kirby parent Scott Fetzer in 1986 for $315 million.

Today The Kirby Company still sells vacuum cleaners exclusively door-to-door and cost about $1,800. The machines come with a lifetime warranty.

Kirby vacuum cleaners are sold in the United States and 70 countries worldwide.

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