Angie Hicks

Angie Hicks is the Chief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc. and the eponymous co-founder of Angie's List.[2][3]

Angie Hicks
Born1973 or 1974 (age 46–47)[1]
Fort Wayne, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University (BA), Harvard Business School (MBA)
OccupationChief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc.
Known forCo-Founder of Angie’s List

Early life and education

Hicks grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[4] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from DePauw University, [5] and also earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School after Angie's List had been established.[6]

Career

Hicks interned during college at CID Equity Partners, a venture capital firmwhere she met venture capitalist Bill Oesterle.[7] In 1995, Oesterle hired Hicks to start Columbus Neighbors, a call-in service and publication with reviews of local home and lawn services in Columbus, Ohio.[8][4] [9][10] After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in one year, the company was renamed to Angie's List.[11][12] In 1996, the it acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in Indianapolis, then moved the Angie's List's headquarters to that city in 1999.[13][14]

In 2017, IAC announced its plans to acquire Angie's List and combine it with IAC's HomeAdvisor to form a new publicly-traded company called ANGI Homeservices Inc.[15] Hicks became the Chief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc., a digital marketplace service that connects consumers with service professionals for home repair, maintenance and improvement projects.[16] As of July 2016, Angie's List offered more than 10 million verified reviews of local service providers in over 700 service categories.[17]

Hicks is a member of the Techpoint Board of Directors and a co-founder and past member of the Board of Directors of The Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program.[18][19] She was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors until 2016.[6]

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References
  1. "Angie Hicks, Massive Net worth At 44; Supportive Husband & Family Behind Success". Liverampup. April 19, 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  2. "How Angie's List's Founder Learned to Lead as an Introvert". Inc.com. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. Council, Jared (2017-07-15). "Path to merger for Angie's List full of twists, turns". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. "Angie Hicks: The Woman Behind Angie's List". Indianapolis Monthly. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. "Angie Hicks '95 Returns to Campus September 28 as 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture - DePauw University". DePauw University. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  6. "Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  7. "9 takeaways about Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  8. McDonough-Taub, Gloria (2013-09-17). "Angie Hicks: She Has the Nation on Her List". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  9. Helft, Miguel (2013-08-20). "Meet the duo who created Angie's List". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  10. "(Founder Stories) Angie's List: Angie Hicks On Jumping Into The Startup World, Tackling Big Markets & More". TechCrunch. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  11. "Angie, On Why Angie's List Publishes a Print Magazine - Folio". Folio. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  12. Gilpin, Lyndsey (2014-04-21). "Angie's List founder Angie Hicks: Web pioneer. Industry leader. Midwesterner". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  13. Lieber, Ron (2012-03-02). "At Angie's List, the Reviews Are Real (So Is Angie)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  14. Ng'endo Gachuhi, Hellen (2017-02-06). "Ahead Of Release, The Odds Are In Favor Of Angie's List". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  15. "IAC to Buy Angie's List in Deal Valued at Over $500 Million". Bloomberg.com. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  16. Brown, Alex (2017-10-02). "Angie's List Acquisition Complete". Inside Indiana Business With Gerry Dick. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  17. Farber, Madeline (2016-07-13). "Angie's List Reviews Are Now Free". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  18. "Angie Hicks '95 Joins Techpoint Board". DePauw University. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  19. "Angie Hicks '95 to Receive 2017 Trailblazer Award". DePauw University. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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