Lady Gaga's Papa is the Godfather of Hotel WiFi
It seems that the daddy of Lady Gaga and hotel WiFi have entered into a very good romance. We say that because in reading about the eccentric Gaga in January issue of Elle magazine, she mentions her dad's no "paper gangsta." She telles Elle:
My father is a really powerful man, a telecom guy
So how is making all this bank? He sells WiFi to hotels. (Can you hear that? That's the sound of our USB Wireless card dropping to the ground.)
Joe Germanotta started his own company, Guest WiFi, in 2002, but it's now listed as a past gig on his LinkedIn profile. He got out of the WiFi game to become the owner of House of Gaga Publishing. (We don't blame him.)
But we love that he was a pioneer of hotel WiFi early on—2002 was the dark ages of hotel WiFi. Papa Gaga even company grew to count over 70 hotels and conference centers as clients.
On Guest WiFi’s site, Germanotta says:
“We stayed focused on hotels because we realized early on that hotel guests would be the most demanding users and that our hotel clients would need fully managed services.”
Guest WiFi’s first customer was a Holiday Inn in Totowa, New Jersey, and it looks like most of their clients were fellow budget chains or independent properties. Which means...Lady Gaga's dad was selling WiFi to hotels that were most likely offering it for free. So don't worry, he's a goodfella'.
[Photo: Gaga Daily]
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