rackspace.com

Graham Weston CEO of Rackspace Managed Hosting got involved with Rackspace in late 1998, when he decided to invest in the start-up company and assist with corporate strategy, marketing and business development.

Weston is also active in real estate and, as CEO of Weston Properties, owns 700,000 square feet of industrial and office properties in Texas, including the Weston Centre in San Antonio's business district. In 1989 Graham founded Assessment Technologies, an ad valorem tax consulting firm.

Company name: Rackspace Managed Hosting

Leadership Team

Graham Weston, CEO & Co-Chairman

Morris Miller, Managing Director & Co-Chairman

Lanham Napier, President

Website: www.rackspace.com

Your company / website vision statement / goal:

It is our goal to be one of the world’s greatest service companies alongside companies like Ritz Carlton, Nordstrom and Lexus. Rackspace was founded on the principle that we would be a different kind of company to do business with – focusing on the customer, not just technology. From this idea, the philosophy of Fanatical Support™ was born and was manifested in our leadership team. Fanatical Support describes our unique philosophy that guides us to go above and beyond our customers’ expectations.

What you sell / services you offer (brief description of your company):

Rackspace Managed Hosting is the fastest-growing managed hosting specialist and manages complex web sites for businesses. This means we manage solutions for customers of all sizes – from start-ups to enterprise customers. Our managed hosting solutions provide the hardware, software, and network along with managed security and storage services ideal for creating an application development platform.

The company operates five data center across the United States and Europe, managing more that 12,000 servers for its customers. With notable customers such as Hershey Foods, Motorola, The Scotts Company, EMI Music, Miller Brewing and Atari, Rackspace clients include 15 percent of the Fortune 100 Companies.

Rackspace was named Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year, Linux Journal’s Reader’s Choice, an Inc.500 Honoree and on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

How / when did the idea of your website / company come about?

Three Trinity University students shared their idea for a web hosting business with Graham Weston and his partner, Morris Miller, and they immediately saw the opportunity in this embryonic business. Graham and Morris came on board not only as angel investors, but provided the business background and management experience to guide these young entrepreneurs. Soon after, they became active members of the management team and the tiny company took off.

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