Who is HostGator?
HostGator is a web hosting company that Brent Oxley started in a Florida dorm room in October 2002. It moved to Houston, Texas, in 2006, was bought by Endurance International Group in 2012 and is now a brand of Newfold Digital.
- What it is
- Web hosting, DNS provider
- Part of
- Newfold Digital (formerly Endurance International Group)
- Founded
- 2002, by Brent Oxley
- Website
- hostgator.com
Who owns HostGator?
Newfold Digital. Endurance International Group announced its purchase of HostGator on 21 June 2012, and Endurance’s web presence business became part of Newfold Digital in 2021.
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- HostGator: about us
- Newfold Digital: launches as one of the world’s largest web solutions providers (2021)
Last reviewed October 9, 2026.