Angie Hicks

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]

Angie Hicks
Born	(1974-05-02) May 2, 1974 (age 51) 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

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,^[7] a call-in service and publication with reviews of local home and lawn services in Columbus, Ohio.^{[8][3][9][10]} After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in one year, the company was renamed Angie's List.^[11][12] In 1996, it acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in Indianapolis, then moved 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][7]

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]