Company:Donuts
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Type of site | Private |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington (state) , U.S. |
| Key people | Bruce Jaffe, CEO Paul Stahura, Co-founder and Executive Chair Jonathon Nevett, Co-founder David Rostov, CFO |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | https://donuts.domains |
| Alexa rank |  260,769 ((As of November 2016))[1] |
Donuts Inc. is a domain name registry with a portfolio of 242 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program. It was co-founded in 2010 by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler. The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington.
In September 2012, Donuts was ranked #14 in The Wall Street Journal's Top 50 Start-Ups for 2012. It was also the newest start-up on the list.[2] In 2017, founding CEO Paul Stahura became Executive Chair of the board of directors, and board member Bruce Jaffe became CEO. In July 2017, Donuts acquired Rightside, further augmenting its top-level domain portfolio, and was ranked #1 on the Deloitte Fast 500 North America list.[3]
On Sep 5, 2018 Donuts entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners.[4]
In March 2020, Donuts named Mina Neuberg as its new Chief Marketing Officer.[5]
References
- ↑ "donuts.domains Site Overview". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/donuts.domains. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ↑ Looking for the 'Next Big Thing'? Ranking the Top 50 Start-Ups, Online.WSJ.com. Published September 2012.
- ↑ "Top five 2017 North America Fast 500 winners". Deloitte. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/fast500-winners.html. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "Abry Partners Enters Into Agreement to Invest Majority Stake in Donuts Inc." (in en). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abry-partners-enters-into-agreement-to-invest-majority-stake-in-donuts-inc-300706706.html.
- ↑ "Donuts hires CMO, signifying upshift in marketing strategy" (in en-US). 2020-03-03. https://domainnamewire.com/2020/03/03/donuts-cmo-neuberg/.
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