Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Parker Conrad is co-founder and CEO of Zenefits, a free human resources platform that automates and eliminates all HR and benefits-related tasks for small and medium-sized businesses, allowing companies to focus on people, not paperwork. Parker has expanded Zenefits' reach to more than 10,000 companies across 48 states, serving over 100,000 employees, and disrupting the $18 billion health insurance brokerage industry along the way. Ranked #1 on Forbes’ “Hottest Start-Ups of 2014” list, the New York Times calls Zenefits “one of the fastest-growing companies in recent Silicon Valley history." Prior to Zenefits, Parker co-founded online stock research tools SigFig and Wikinvest. Parker graduated with a BA in Chemistry from Harvard University, where he was managing editor of the Crimson.