The board of directors of GoDaddy Inc. unanimously elected Graham Smith as a new independent director effective June 26, 2024. He will serve as a Class I director until the company's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, at which time all directors will stand for annual election. Smith will join the board of directors' Audit and Finance Committee.

Smith, 64, currently serves as a board member for publicly traded companies Axon Enterprise Inc. and Procore Technologies Inc. Smith previously served as chair of the board of directors of Splunk Inc. until it was acquired by Cisco Systems Inc. in March 2024. Smith also served as Splunk's interim chief executive officer from November 2021 through April 2022. He retired from Salesforce.com Inc. in 2015 after eight years of service, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Smith previously held various senior leadership roles at Advent Software Inc., Vitria Technology Inc., Nuance Communications Inc., and Oracle Corporation. He began his career at Arthur Andersen (now Deloitte LLP) where he held various roles, including senior auditor.