17 Facts About Blake Irving

Blake Irving is the American former Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of GoDaddy.

Blake Irving was born on August 8,1959, to James Scott Irving and Patricia Ann Irving in Ohio.

Blake Irving's father was in the FBI and consequently moved the family around the country.

Blake Irving lived with his brother, Scott, and his sisters, Lisa and Lori.

Blake Irving played the drums from the age of seven, and was an artist while attending the Newbury Park High School in Southern California.

Blake Irving is a graduate of San Diego State University and received an MBA degree from Pepperdine University.

Blake Irving has served as a professor at Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management, and has been named a distinguished alumnus.

Blake Irving began working at Xerox in 1981, where he provided Greek fonts for electronic typesetting.

Blake Irving eventually became a manager at the company's Font Support Center.

Blake Irving worked at PARC during the development of WYSIWYG technology, Blake Irving worked at Oki Electric Company and Compaq computer.

Blake Irving was a product manager for Microsoft's telecommunications business unit in 1994, and a group manager the Personal Systems Division in 1995.

Blake Irving was Corporate Vice President of MSN Communication Services and Merchant Platforms.

Blake Irving was a Member of Platform Group of MessageCast Inc and was involved in overseeing other Microsoft products including NetMeeting, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger, Hotmail, Xbox Live, and other Microsoft applications.

Blake Irving was the Chief Product Officer, and its Executive Vice President.

Blake Irving became Chief Executive Officer of GoDaddy in January 2013.

Blake Irving said he would retire from the company at the end of 2017.

Blake Irving was an executive producer of Code: Debugging the Gender Gap, a 2015 documentary about the lack of women and people of color in computer science.