Angie Hicks

Angie Hicks
Born Fort Wayne, Indiana
Nationality American
Education DePauw University (BA), Harvard Business School (MBA)
Occupation Chief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc.
Known for Co-Founder of Angie’s List

Angie Hicks is the Chief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc. and the eponymous co-founder of Angie’s List.[1][2]

Early life and education

Hicks grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from DePauw University, from which she later received a Distinguished Alumni Award for Management and Entrepreneurship and the Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship.[4] She also earned a Master of Business Administration degree 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 located in Columbus, Ohio.[7][3] Hicks went door-to-door, signing up consumers as members and collecting ratings of local contractors.[8][9]

After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in Columbus within one year, the company was renamed to Angie’s List.[10][11] In 1996, the company acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in Indianapolis, then moved the 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] As of July 2016, Angie’s List offered more than 10 million verified reviews of local service providers in over 700 service categories.[16]

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.[17][18] She was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors until 2016.[5]

Awards

Hicks has received multiple awards for her entrepreneurial achievements, as well as her leadership in both the local community and the technology field, including being named the Women Tech Founder of the Year in 2016 at the Midwest Women in Tech conference in Chicago.[19] She was awarded both the TechPoint Trailblazer Award and Harvard Business School's Alumni Achievement Award in 2017.[18][19] She also won the Indiana Commission for Women’s Torchbearer Award in March 2009 for entrepreneurial accomplishments.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "How Angie's List's Founder Learned to Lead as an Introvert". Inc.com. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  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. 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.
  11. ↑ Gilpin, Lyndsey (2014-04-21). "Angie's List founder Angie Hicks: Web pioneer. Industry leader. Midwesterner". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "IAC to Buy Angie's List in Deal Valued at Over $500 Million". Bloomberg.com. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. ↑ Brown, Alex (2017-10-02). "Angie's List Acquisition Complete". Inside Indiana Business With Gerry Dick. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  16. ↑ Farber, Madeline (2016-07-13). "Angie's List Reviews Are Now Free". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  17. ↑ "Angie Hicks '95 Joins Techpoint Board". DePauw University. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  18. 1 2 3 "Angie Hicks '95 to Receive 2017 Trailblazer Award". DePauw University. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  19. 1 2 "Angie Hicks '95 Honored By Harvard Business School". DePauw University. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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