Donuts (company)

Donuts Inc. is a domain name registry with a portfolio of 270 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. Donuts, through its subsidiaries, is also a Registry Service Provider for 173 other TLDs including .au and .org among others.

Donuts Inc.
Type of site
Private
Founded2010 (2010)
Headquarters Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Key peopleAkram Atallah, President and CEO
IndustryInternet
URLhttps://donuts.domains

The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington with other offices throughout the globe.[1]

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 November 2018, Donuts appointed Akram Atallah as CEO.[5]

In March 2020, Donuts named Mina Neuberg as its new Chief Marketing Officer.[6]

In December 2020, Donuts acquired Afilias, Inc., a registry operator and registry service provider headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Afilias operated the authoritative directories and DNS for over 200 top-level domains and included top-level domains such as .info, .global, and .mobi, as well as country codes, dotBrands and other gTLDs.[7]

In January 2021, Donuts announced that Ethos Capital would be acquiring a controlling interest in the company.[8]


References
  1. "Home". Donuts Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  2. Looking for the 'Next Big Thing'? Ranking the Top 50 Start-Ups, Online.WSJ.com. Published September 2012.
  3. "Top five 2017 North America Fast 500 winners". Deloitte. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  4. "Abry Partners Enters Into Agreement to Invest Majority Stake in Donuts Inc". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  5. Inc, Donuts. "Donuts Appoints Akram J. Atallah as CEO". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. "Donuts hires CMO, signifying upshift in marketing strategy". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  7. "Donuts Inc. to Acquire Afilias, Inc. | Donuts News". donuts.news. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  8. "Ethos Capital to Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts Inc. | Donuts News". donuts.news. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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