SiteLock
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| Private company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded 📆 | 2008[1] |
| Founders 👔 | Neill Feather Tomas Gorny Tracy Conrad |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Scottsdale, Arizona United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Tom Heiser, CEO Neill Feather, Chief Innovation Officer |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 251 (2018) |
| 🌐 Website | www.sitelock.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
SiteLock, LLC is a privately held website security company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, with additional offices in Jacksonville, Florida and the Netherlands[2][3]. SiteLock was founded to provide website security solutions to small businesses. The company now provides cybersecurity services like vulnerability scanners and web application firewalls to secure websites from cybercrime.[4]
History[edit]
SiteLock was initially founded in 2008 by Neill Feather, Tomas Gorny and Tracy Conrad.[5] Gorny and Conrad were co-founders of a domain hosting company called iPower when they first met Feather. In 2007, iPower merged with Endurance International Group (EIG), a web hosting company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.[6] EIG owns numerous hosting brands including HostGator and Bluehost, and is one of SiteLock’s largest partners.[7]
Gorny and Conrad went on to establish two other major tech companies, Nextiva and UnitedWeb. SiteLock and Nextiva were both brands of UnitedWeb until April of 2018 when SiteLock was acquired by ABRY Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston.[8] Gorny is the current CEO of Nextiva and UnitedWeb.[9]
In 2018, SiteLock ranked No. 1540 on the Inc. 5000 list, noting a 306% revenue growth since 2015.[10]
SiteLock generates an annual revenue range of $43.9 million and has 251 employees (2018).[11]
In February 2019, SiteLock announced Tom Heiser had been appointed chairman and CEO of the company, with Feather transitioning into the role of Chief Innovation Officer.[12] Heiser was formerly the CEO of ClickSoftware and holds a position on the board of directors for Arxan, AtScale and NuSpire.[13][14]
Acquisitions[edit]
In July 2017, SiteLock acquired Patchman, a Dutch startup that offers website vulnerability patching software aimed at web hosting providers.[15] Patchman launched in 2014 and is headquartered in the Netherlands.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Inside Arizona’s fastest-growing tech company SiteLock", AZ Central, 27 November 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ "Scottsdale-based SiteLock acquires Dutch-based startup company, plans to hire 150", Phoenix Business Journal, 25 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ "Scottsdale security provider hiring, expanding to larger headquarters", Phoenix Business Journal, 22 June 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "Eight Proven Strategies To Deal With Cybercrime", Forbes, 9 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "How Neill Feather transformed a love of coding into entrepreneurship (Video)", Phoenix Business Journal, 27 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ↑ "IPOWER, Inc. and The Endurance International Group Announce Merger", Business Wire, 9 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "Private equity firm buys Scottsdale-based website security provider SiteLock", Phoenix Business Journal, 12 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "SiteLock Announces Acquisition by ABRY Partners", PR Newswire, 12 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ↑ "This CEO was a millionaire at 22, went nearly bankrupt, and now runs a $100 million business", Business Insider, 16 August 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "SiteLock Named to 2018 Inc. 5000 List for Second Consecutive Year", MarketWatch, 16 August 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "SiteLock", Inc. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ "SiteLock Names Tom Heiser as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer", SiteLock, 15 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ↑ "AtScale names Jit Saena to board, plans Boston growth", Boston Business Journal, 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ↑ "Big Data Career Notes: August 2018 Edition", Datanami, 16 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ↑ "Website Security Solutions Company SiteLock Announces Acquisition of Dutch Web Security Startup, Patchman", Editor Hosting Journalist, 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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