Angie Hicks

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Angie Hicks
Born (1974-05-02) May 2, 1974 (age 50)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Education DePauw University (BA), Harvard Business School (MBA)
OccupationChief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc.
Known forCo-Founder of Angie's List

Angie Hicks is the chief customer officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc. and the co-founder of Angie's List (now known as Angi). [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Hicks grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from DePauw University, [4] and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. [5]

Career

Hicks interned during college at CID Equity Partners, a venture capital firm where she met venture capitalist Bill Oesterle. [6] 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. [7] [3] [8] [9] After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in one year, the company was renamed Angie's List. [10] [11] In 1996, it acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in Indianapolis, then moved Angie's List's headquarters to that city in 1999. [12] [13]

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. [14] 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. [15] 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. [16] [17] She was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce board of directors until 2016. [5]

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References

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  2. ↑ Council, Jared (2017-07-15). "Path to merger for Angie's List full of twists, turns". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. 1 2 "Angie Hicks: The Woman Behind Angie's List". Indianapolis Monthly. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. ↑ "Angie Hicks '95 Returns to Campus September 28 as 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture - DePauw University". DePauw University. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. 1 2 "Angie Hicks, MBA 2000 - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  6. ↑ "9 takeaways about Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  7. ↑ McDonough-Taub, Gloria (2013-09-17). "Angie Hicks: She Has the Nation on Her List". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  8. ↑ Helft, Miguel (2013-08-20). "Meet the duo who created Angie's List". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  9. ↑ "(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.
  10. ↑ "Angie, On Why Angie's List Publishes a Print Magazine - Folio". Folio. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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