PXG’s Bob Parsons on his new autobiography: ‘I never regretted any decision that I made’ | Golf Equipment: Clubs, Balls, Bags [Video]

Bob Parsons, the 73-year-old billionaire behind PXG, the golf upstart brand that has become an industry stalwart in its decade of existence, likes to say that luck and a guardian angel have been integral parts to his success. The biggest hits in his career include selling his microcomputer software company Parsons Technology to Intuit for $50 million and leading GoDaddy.com to an industry-changing presence that led to another sale worth $2.3 billion.

All of those business achievements come a long way from Parsons’ meager upbringing in East Baltimore, Md., his tour of duty and Purple Heart in Vietnam as a Marine and an intense work ethic as a self-taught programmer that laid the foundation for his distinctive presence as an entrepreneur. His presence on the current golf landscape notably includes his full-throated voiceovers for his PXG television ads, but that tone is merely a character Parsons plays in the media, …