The Search is Over: Richard Hendricks Named Pied Piper CEO
By: Erica Taylor
After a prolonged public search (reported both here and at TechCrunch), the Pied Piper Board of Directors has reinstated founder Richard Hendricks as its CEO. Board member and managing partner Laurie Bream stated via press release that it was “an examined decision, but ultimately the correct one, once one looks at Richard Hendricks’ qualifications, talents as an engineer and his understanding of the company’s needs. We are thrilled to have Richard back in this leadership position in which we expect him to excel.”
Hendricks was transitioned to the CTO position earlier this year when CEO legend Jack “Action Jack” Barker joined the company. Poised to take Silicon Valley by storm, the company had both impressive tech and impressive leadership; however, the company failed to make any visible moves toward a product release, and Barker recently resigned as CEO to focus on family. Where Hendricks will take the company remains to be seen, but Hooli’s recent acquisition of Endframe, a middle-out compression platform company, could indicate that Hendricks’ reinstatement as CEO is a move in that direction.
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128 Comments
THis comment section actually works?
Best comment ever
No… I doesn’t.
Apparently?
Is this real life ???? Am I going to feel like this forever????? AAAARRRRRGGHHHH!
Where’s blog article on Hooli scrubbing the Internet? 😉
It’s been scrubbed.
I like computers!
Doesn’t Bachmanity buy Pied Piper from Ravigna?
Preposterous…Bachmanity only has capital of $20,036,000. Pied Piper has to have a market value of at least $250,000,000
yes, but they are all about not being overvalued so that they can meet expectations.
It’s always the “focus on the family”. Can we not say that Barker was fired?
Code Rag is going soft.
Flaccid even.
Should have hired Bighead.
This is why old people thought aliens where coming. But nerds
I keep reading/mistaking “Hooli” for “Hodor.”
#holdthedoor
:'(
Don’t you mean “Hold the TOR?”
From one CEO to another, working remotely with engineers is great. I’m all for it!
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congrats Richard!
Richard, you are the man!
Most promising startup. You did it, Richard!
Hey Richard, I’ll be in the valley this august. lets meet! and congrats!
best
cosmo
Would any of you happen to know the brand of chair Jack Barker’s character had? I’ve got to admit, while I love my Humanscale Freedom chair, I’m envious of that chair, if it in fact exists! I’m predicting that if that chair is real, it will be the new “must have,” much like the Aeron was in the late 90’s. On an aside, that comment about Clinkle was a bit harsh. Lucas Duplan is truly a wunderkind, and Clinkle is simply evolving as technology evolves.
Clinkle is such a joke! It deserves all the scrutiny it has gotten – and more. It reflects so poorly on VCs that they handed over millions to an unqualified egomaniacal jerk-off (Lucas Duplan) who turned around and set it all on fire. If you wanted to burn all your money, just ask me and I would have let drogon char it to a crisp.
YES!!! Congrats Richard! So proud of you!
Does this mean that the position of CTO is now open?… I’m just saying 🙂
Why was Richard removed from the CEO position in the first place? Is the company board full of members with screws loose? Or is there something about Richard that possibly makes him unqualified to run an entire company?
He’s got some grand ideas, but it’s a possibility that business just isn’t his forte.
RIGBY.
I dunno man… RIGBY …
Richard should hire me as Pied Piper’s CTO immediately. Someone tell Laurie Bream at Raviga to give me a call asap!
this is hillarious
game of thrones brought me here. love the show!
in slovakia we say KOKOT when something good happens and i really KOKOT this situation cause Richard is the best KOKOT in the history of pied piper may the KOKOT be well known to the world
Glad they moved back to the hostel!!!
No freaking way
This can become a real tech news blog
ayyy
A true CEO uses tabs, not spaces. Well done Richard, keep up the good work.
V/\
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Hey Richard,
When you are ready to hire your VP Engineering, Riviera Partners will find the capacity. My Partner Sam Wholley (pronounced Hooli, no joke), would be happy to help you find the right candidate!
MM
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