Parker Conrad

About Parker Conrad

Parker Conrad is the cofounder and CEO of human resources software startup Rippling.

Conrad owns an estimated 21% of the company, which private investors valued at $13.5 billion in April 2024.

Conrad cofounded the company in 2016 after resigning under pressure as CEO of Zenefits, the HR startup he founded in 2013.

Zenefits, worth $4.5 billion at its peak, slashed its valuation by more than half in 2016 amid compliance investigations related to its insurance sales.

Conrad worked at biopharma company Amgen and in 2007 moved to San Francisco to start Wikinvest, now called SigFig, with a college friend, who eventually forced him out of the company.

A battle with testicular cancer led Conrad to become an expert on the U.S. healthcare system. He founded Zenefits with $20,000 in savings.