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Donuts hires fresh CFO

Donuts hires fresh CFO

Former Napster CFO joins top level domain name firm.

Picture of Donuts CFO Randy Haas

Top level domain name firm Donuts has hired Randy Haas as its fresh Chief Financial Officer.

Haas was previously CFO of Napster (Rhapsody). Prior to that, he spent 19 years in finance roles at Microsoft.

Donuts is owned by private equity firm Abry Partners, which purchased the firm in 2018.

Haas will have his work cut out for him. I expect Donuts to continue to work on acquisitions, and don’t be surprised if Public Interest Registry purchases Donuts once (and if) Ethos Capital completes its takeover of the firm. Ethos Capital is led by Erik Brooks, who led Abry Partners’ buyout of Donuts and who, at least until recently, sat on Donuts’ board. The two firms could save a lot of money by combining forces.

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