Parker Conrad

Founder & CEO

Co-founder and CEO of Rippling. Harvard graduate and serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded Zenefits (valued at $4.5B). Founded Rippling in 2016 to build a unified workforce management platform.

Overview

Companies
2
Roles
Founder & CEO

Companies

2 companies
Rippling $1.8B
Private Founder & CEO

Workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance into a single system built on a unified employee graph.
Zenefits $584M
Acquired Founder & CEO

Zenefits was a cloud-based human resources platform that offered free HR software to small and mid-sized businesses, handling payroll, benefits administration, and compliance. The company rose rapidly through Y Combinator to a $4.5 billion valuation but collapsed after regulatory scandals revealed unlicensed insurance brokerage. Acquired by TriNet in 2022.

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