Angie Hicks is the Chief Customer Officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc. and the eponymous co-founder of Angie's List (now known as

Angi Angi (formerly Angie's List) is an American home services website owned by Angi Inc., a publicly-traded subsidiary of IAC. Founded in 1995 by Angie Hicks and William S. Oesterle, it allows users to search for contractors to provide paid hom ...

Early life and education

Hicks grew up in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from

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, and also earned a Master of Business Administration from

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, after Angie's List had been established.

Career

Hicks interned during college at CID Equity Partners, a venture capital firm where she met venture capitalist Bill Oesterle. In 1995, Oesterle hired Hicks to start Columbus Neighbors, a call-in service and publication with reviews of local home and lawn services in

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. After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in one year, the company was renamed Angie's List. In 1996, it acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in

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, then moved Angie's List's headquarters to that city in 1999. In 2017, IAC announced its plans to acquire Angie's List and combine it with IAC's

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to form a new publicly-traded company called

ANGI Homeservices Inc Angi (formerly Angie's List) is an American home services website owned by Angi Inc., a publicly-traded subsidiary of IAC. Founded in 1995 by Angie Hicks and William S. Oesterle, it allows users to search for contractors to provide paid home ...

. 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. As of July 2016, Angie's List offered more than 10 million verified reviews of local service providers in over 700 service categories. 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. She was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors until 2016.

References

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