Zenefits CEO David Sacks提出离职，任职不满一年,有可能加入特朗普团队

作为去年成长最快的企业服务独角兽之一，ZenefitsC轮融资时估值45亿美元。

就在10月，Zenefits刚刚发布了全新改版后的Z2版本，由一站式云HR管理工具转型为整合各类HR应用程序的交易平台。曾经的Zenefits由于让未经授权的销售人员非法成为保险代理人，曾一度引来监管机构的调查，随后Zenefits创始人Parker Conrad被迫辞职。

之后CEO David Sacks 入职后开始大力整顿，今年2月裁员250人，占总员工数的17%；6月，他再次裁员 9%，想重构企业文化；7月，他宣布将去年5亿美元的投资者股份由原来的11% 提高到25%，将C轮估值降到20亿美元。而此次推出的Z2更新，就是Sacks进行业务调整的一大尝试，他希望借此带领Zenefits突破困局。

不过就在今天，《纽约时报》报道称，David Sacks正式宣布辞去CEO一职，他说，“是时候寻找下一位领导者了”，不过，辞职之后的David Sacks将继续留在该公司担任董事长职务。

而《华尔街日报》则指出，Sacks正在考虑加入唐纳德·特朗普总统的过渡团队——Sacks为硅谷风险资本家兼PayPal创始人Peter Thiel的好友及前任同事，而Thiel正在特朗普的过渡团队中担任负责人。

Read Sacks’ tweets here:

1/ Ten months ago, the Board asked me to step into the CEO role at Zenefits amidst a regulatory crisis.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

2/ This is not a job I sought, but I felt a responsibility to investors, employees and customers to help the company through the crisis.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

3/ I accepted no compensation to do this job. (I wanted employees to get it all — we more than doubled their ownership.)

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

4/ This week we successfully resolved the issues with the California Department of Insurance (CDI), our lead regulator, and 19 other states.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

5/ Remarkably CDI reduced its fine 50% in recognition of the remediation and cultural transformation we’ve done.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

6/ Regulators across the country have praised the company for resetting its values, culture, mission, leadership, and governance.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

7/ As a result, the company now has a clean bill of health.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

8/ Meanwhile, our amazing employees kept working. We launched our new Z2 product that small businesses love.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

9/ We reset our relationship with investors. We reduced headcount 35% and lowered monthly burn 50% YoY.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

10/ We refocused on our core small business market. We’ve seen renewed growth on the heels of Z2. Sales is hiring again.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

11/ In short, we’ve achieved every goal set forth in my Day 1 memo, which outlined the turn-around plan.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

12/ Now it is time to open a search for permanent CEO of the company. I will stay involved as Chairman, focusing on product and strategy.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

13/ Zenefits has a great team, hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank, and years of runway to keep building.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

14/ Z2 is also the best product in a huge greenfield category — small business HR. With this, Zenefits is spring-loaded for success.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

15/ I cannot thank all of our employees enough for their hard work to turn the company around. Their decisions and actions made it happen.

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016

16/ I’m excited about the future of Zenefits and partnering with a great operator and our Board to take Zenefits to the next level. //

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 3, 2016