Billionaire Bob Parsons: GoDaddy Founder Bets On Psychedelics For Trauma Healing | Forbes

The Marine infantryman still suffers from PTSD from his tour in Vietnam but credits LSD and MDMA with helping him “come home.” Now he’s on a mission to help other veterans.
In 1997, Parsons started a Web design company that would eventually become his most famous venture-domain name reseller GoDaddy, which would become notorious for its raunchy Super Bowl commercials. He became a billionaire in 2011 when he sold the majority of GoDaddy to private equity investors, earning $900 million in cash and shares in the publicly traded company. He is now worth some $3.4 billion.
Parsons sat with Forbes to discuss his entrepreneurial mindset, how the Marines made him the man he is, and how his experience with psychedelics helped him tame his PTSD.
0:00 Meet Bob Parsons
0:30 How Do You Know When The Time Is Right To Sell A Company?
1:29 Parsons Technologies: From Startup To $64 Million Dollar Acquisition
6:26 "I Owe Everything To The Marine Corps" - Lessons In Business From A Marine
7:24 Reflecting On The Vietnam War
9:42 How The GoDaddy Sale Funded Scottsdale National And PXG
13:44 A Look Inside PXG's Build Shop
15:19 Parsons' Early Years In Baltimore
18:50 Coming Home & Living With PTSD As A Father & Founder
20:27 Understanding PTSD And Psychedelics
24:01 Life Lessons And His Legacy
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"It had been 49 years since the war. I finally came home." - Bob Parsons That line really hit home.

[@fluxgravitas]

It did me too

[@ernestio1000]

I've been out since 2007. Been saying to my wife I think the only way for me to get "fixed" or "find myself" is to do a tripping "reset". Just have no clue how to get there or who to talk to. I'm glad Bob got some relief.

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One of the most profound and comprehensive interviews in the history of business.

[@cariocadobrasil7]

This has me in tears because much like Bob and others in the comments, I too am a combat veteran whose service was in the us marine corps. The struggle with ptsd is real and it takes a toll on the veteran, family, friends, and others. Thank you Bob for being awesome, a true legend, and a true trailblazer in the Marine Corps and in business. Semper Fidelis.

[@BigDib18]

This was a great interview. He’s such a legend wow!

[@jacobroberts1928]

I worked for bob when he was with GoDaddy. Such a good man, he used to come down to sales floor and hand out stacks of cash and I whoever was too in sales 😂 He just cares about his employees a lot BUT he was really strict with time off and being late

[@User61918]

sure he was since he was a Marine. for them being early is on time and being on time is late

[@69Emoji]

Uhm.. what? In Delaware or Scottsdale Arizona? And was this under Jomax or GoDaddy? I worked for his company for 15 years. I don't remember this happening lol. What years were you working sales?

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What gems of knowledge in this vid.

[@chrismitchell5496]

Proud to be a PXG owner as well as a Veteran. Bob is the man!!

[@Jerryberger9235]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

[@georgewilliams1062]

Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.

[@zoeywinston6826]

LSD and mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life. I became a better version of myself This experience gave me a lot of confidence about my self and my body. A bunch of bad thought / behavior patterns were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip: Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me (although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before."

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[_James_tray] Got psychs

[@Jerryberger9235]

@@sarahh321 Where to search?? Is it IG?

[@sarahh321]

@@Jerryberger9235 Yes

[@strongsecurity7747]

He makes me proud to be Marine

[@nicotorressantana]

What an incredible story. Thank you for your service!

[@johnking1026]

Seriously amazing story. veteran here as well. hats off to Bob!

[@stoicismcore]

What an interview.

[@RichHandsome]

Nice profile pic yo

[@johnambers]

"It has been forty-nine years since the war and I finally came home" that really touched me. You are truly an inspiration and a light. My neighbor is a vet experiencing PTSD though he has never said it but his wife has approached me because we are all friends. This is something I am going to try to guide him to.

[@alexcalderon5461]

Amazing interview. Psychedelics will save the world.

[@Malibumuse]

Thank you for your service Mr. Parsons, what an amazing person. I would love to work with him on the Psychedelic healing he is doing with veterans. I see so many people who truly shift.

[@chahtaohoyo6671]

knew bob as a marine brother for many years. down to earth, humble and personable. hate that he sold godaddy cause that top tier customer service has really gone down the crapper.

[@rastaman8027]

“Did I hallucinate, No! But ummm Was I lit? I’d say righteously!!!” I felt that!!

[@johnambers]

I love this guy. What an amazing life. And what a class act.

[@Dominion-1]

(0:05) He say's he retiring is not for him. Now can you Imagine Gisele B. telling him to retire and stay at home. A man likes to work until he can't work no more.

[@michelemurphy3541]

I have been researching, studying and writing about benefits of psilocybin since 1983. High school was my first paper on psilocybin and I wrote it for my very very cool *(cousin of Grace Slick) teacher. I was overjoyed beyond words when I watched him read my paper…because he was laughing. I loved that man so much-he was awesome. Wrote many more and continue to be very intrigued by use of hallucinogens. Early 2000’s, there was a resurge and I said…this is what I have been waiting for. Good stuff.

[@anuraagt]

Extraordinary interview - so simple and honest, terrific man.

[@brandoncoulter2653]

More segments like these please.. thanks 🙏🏿

[@ThatMichaelTGuy]

Highly inspirational and thought provoking. Once again Bob, thank you.

[@explorationecho2366]

This has me in tears. Completely relatable in a different journey. I really appreciate this man, and I'm so thankful for his story. What a testimony of a beautiful life change. I hope to make the same change.

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Look up that handle☝️☝️. I was a very chronic alcoholic, I lost my job and everything important to me, I was depressed and in a dark place, then I met a Dr. Johnson, he's got the best stuff and tips for micro dosing. He helped me with my addiction to alcohol by microdosing mushrooms, the psilocybin in them helped me, it was like a miracle, now I'm good.

[@janetrobinson8925]

I admire Bob, thank you for sharing your stories!!

[@cantthinkofnameyeah7249]

Thank you for your service

[@prepurstep9669]

"Was i lit? Id say righteously" my favourite quote 😂

[@pete_roszell]

I was a customer of Bob's since 1997. GoDaddy was actually better when he ran it. (It's still very good now.)

[@jonchristy41]

Refreshing and inspirational, what a gem…

[@chantalrochon3566]

Even thought I am not a marine, I relate to this the journey of this incredible sensitive open man. Grateful for this video ❤

[@SingTodayi]

Marines? Those bastards what were they doing in Vietnam?

[@bittnerbs]

Great interview. Good to hear about the triumphs from a super successful fellow Marine. I wanted to hear more about how he bet big on psychedelics. S/F

[@04SURE]

Salute 🫡 to you sir! inspirational story, thank you for your service.

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Along with Apple and Amazon, brave war hero Bob Parsons proved that companies can provide excellent customer service and support, even for low-cost online services.

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Wow Bob is an absolute legend! What an incredible life

[@darren5835]

Great Interview, Semper Fi Brother

[@NdabaLungu]

This was a great watch.

[@57jnahas]

Honored to be a PXG Gen1 Player. (I am looking to upgrade to Gen6, thought you'd want to hear that, BP). Thank you for supporting all the causes you do Bob.

[@amnesia1022]

What a life! Respect.

[@danielmorales1981]

What a great story and person

[@MichaelBohemian]

22:24 "Did I hallucinate, no but was I lit, I'd say righteously" is the type of billionaire we all aspire to be.

[@garrieparsons2265]

Hi bob I’ve just moved from England a few years ago I’ve just discovered you and your channel. I’m going to study all your videos see if I can make some good of myself in later life I’m 55 years old now maybe life starts then 👌👍👏

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Wow, what an amazing man.

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Bob is a legend in AZ

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What a story. What a guy.

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Love Bob!!

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Sweet interview seems like a cool dude

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He is so proud!

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Great man.

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Wow he really reminds me of Forrest Gump, just that he's smart.. The way he talks, the Vietnam military experience, business, it's just uncanny!

[@declineofthewest.]

Love this guy.

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Seems like a really solid man that has accomplished a lot.

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Great story

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Great man

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A legend and actually looks like the logo

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Wonderful...allow yourself access look inside

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What an amazing achievement....

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What a cool guy!

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What a legend

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Wow what a life this guys has lived!

[@ixxgxx]

washington state has a psilocybin work group now studying how to implement its use within medicaid population. Oregon's DOH is already training facilitators I believe. Ayahuasca brought me back from a serious dark time. You speak to it and it tells you things through it's induced trance.

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XTC will help ptsd and trauma 100%

[@0the0ambient0]

From experience. GoDaddy is not a great service but regardless this story is inspiring. He has had an impressive life.

[@PerryLevy]

22:29 RIGHTEOUSLY!!! Hellyea Bob. High Five (See what I did there?)

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He remembers me about forest gump

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Hey Bob, great back story, your story is my story( a decade apart, oh and a couple of billion dollars. 😂) military - PTSD - sales - kai zen - golf - business development - self development - philanthropy - near bankruptcy - reemergance - flow. All power to you brother ! #pxgtroops#kahboombaby#flowgolf#fcga

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Great video “There’s 3 cups in there but you’ll only need one..” “So I went ahead and drank all three and ate the tea bags”

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This man ladies and gentlemen is the definition of a first class true American.

[@brandonDuh47]

I would love to do the DMT again or rather Magic Mushrooms, just don't know where to get them. I only did DMT once, It was like I'm in a geometrical universe...it’s very hard to explain but I was laying down and all of a sudden my body was zoomed into another world, So many colors, machine elves. Would love to experience that again

[@trevornelson61]

Wanna try, but keep being told I can’t do it alone for the first time but I’d literally be so much more comfortable alone

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[hilary_chase11] Ships Psych's

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@@userconspiracynut where to search? IG?

[@ugmiles.]

i’m doing them for the first time this saturday and i am so excited!! this made me even more excited because this is what i’m looking for with them

[@userconspiracynut]

@@lopeztwinjason yeah, He has variety of stuffs like mushrooms, LSD, DMT even the chocolate bars

[@TheIncomparableGolfer]

love PXG and GoDaddy!

[@amaankhan-cu8ct]

I checked - everything is clean

[@dsanchez9703]

Cool

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The man! Go Bob!

[@glennmorris25]

This guy is the business icon that inspires people who like spray cheese in a can.

[@mattheweburns]

This would be great if there was some structure to it

[@rodrigolerenagutierrez3708]

Thank you for your service sir, a life well lived real life goals.

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Would love to see Mike Tyson interview Bob Parsons.

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What a cool dude - and beautiful wife to boot

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Hai...assalamualaikum Im muchlis, from indonesia

[@landwarrior348]

This guy has so much of my money for the side projects I never did 😂

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[@toology55]

In the description it says LSD and MDMA but he only talks about Ayahuasca and mushrooms.

[@akashforpeople]

What long chase

[@catalinacurio]

The Beatles would have agreed.

[@jessevi1888]

if anyone needs help in obtaining this treatment, lmk

[@th1789]

everyone deserves a choice and option and making anything illegal is truly never worked or ever made a good direction besides let worse drugs for a person to take the option and more popular

[@strokeitsoftly246]

Those shakes, poor fella. I thought he was Bob Par(kin)sons for a while

[@PromptStreamer]

Anyone catch how apparently this guy can do ayahuasca and massive mushroom doses without hallucinating? He either was doing low doses or he has some really rare way of reacting to psychedelics.

[@ixxgxx]

no. I did 3 sessions of aya at mushuk pakarina during fasting and isolation. I did not hallucinate. but talked to the medicine, and my mind created metaphors of healing.

[@shasmi93]

The human mind is so complex and can vary soooo much. I’ve been using psychedelics since I was 14 and I’m 30 now. I have trip sat soooo many people and watched them all heal. But the ways they healed and their experiences were all soo different. It is interesting that everyone seems to heal in psychedelics but the route they do it in can be so varied.

[@realestatecoachestv]

Y’all never seem to amazing!! Mushrooms and all these drugs that amaze you guys are a common thing in Africa 😅😅

[@jdlane5136]

LSD was well researched in the 1950s and by the 1960s was established as a excellent tool for therapy and also good for a quality of life improvement use. Then the US government elected leaders thought something this good should be illegal. Now it is time to make these tools legal and used to their full potential.

[@BaldHeadedManc]

Looks like Drew Carey and Tom Arnold had a very large baby.

[@zenmode88]

It appears onset Parkinson's symptoms, better chill with the drugs now...

[@dr.migueltorrezedd8651]

Probably due to military injuries.

[@cantthinkofnameyeah7249]

How can you be so disrespectful to a marine, you are disgusting

[@shermainecraigwell2492]

Bob, how about not charging so much for godaddy renewals.

[@ReesesCupOfficial]

This guy is the boomer final boss

[@billtoboggan3408]

he holds the gavel to stop the shakes

[@nateone6632]

He obviously has Parkinson's all I could notice quicky. Psychedelics can help that too potentially so I'm glad he found it for his brilliant brain and being that rich can be dehumanizing so psychedelics help that too

[@SLUGGAGE]

I got pancreatic cancer hook me up. Let's go.

[@pinacolaaadas]

Easy bet. Start finding ways to enter the industry now.

[@magesRNTcute]

Love psychs as much as the next guy but GoDaddy has some questionable business practices

[@declineofthewest.]

Such as?

[@TrueHelpTV]

*Video Summary* rich guy invests in private medicine.. skip