Bob Parsons: An American Original

Literally! With Rob Lowe

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Rob Lowe thinks Bob Parsons is living the American dream. The billionaire founder of GoDaddy and Parsons Xtreme Golf joins Rob Lowe to discuss his struggle with PTSD, the story behind his iconic GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials, learning how to code from a book, buying a golf course for $100,000, failing the fifth grade, and more. Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at 323-570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show!

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0:00.0	Well, that's a problem.
0:01.3	Here's my thing.
0:02.0	I only get up early if I'm getting paid.
0:05.5	Well, I don't know you that well.
0:27.6	All right. Hey, everybody. Welcome to literally. It's me.
0:55.7	Roblo. We have an American original here. His name is Bob Parsons. You would know him from being the founder of GoDaddy. You would know him from being the founder of PXG, the most amazing golf clubs. And kind of revolutionary when they came out, people were like, how can a golf club cost that much? Because they're great. You would know him from some of his other business accomplishments, but he's also written an amazing new book called Fire in the Hole, the Untold Story of My Traumatic Life, an explosive
1:01.5	success. He's just one of these people that is the American dream come true. And I love
1:10.7	giving them the spotlight
1:12.9	because there are so many times in this man's journey
1:15.7	where he could have given up,
1:18.6	where he was not the one in the room you would pick
1:21.8	to end up where he is worth billions of dollars.
1:31.0	And I think it's good for everybody out there to know anything is possible. And this guy is a perfect example of that. Let's get to it.
1:47.7	Bob, welcome to the podcast, man.
1:49.7	Oh, pleasure to be here, Rob.
1:51.2	Where am I finding you? Are you in Arizona?
1:52.2	I am in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the basement.
1:55.6	You are never in the basement.
1:57.4	Well, I am this time.
1:59.6	Now, are you wearing, oh, yeah, you've got your PXG black shirt.
2:04.8	Here's my first.
2:05.3	I'm going to get my request out of the way first.
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