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PARKER CONRAD

Zenefits · 2016

Insurance licensing regulatory violations

Parker Conrad co-founded Zenefits, which raised $583M at a $4.5B valuation. Zenefits sold health insurance through brokers lacking required state licenses. Internally, a software macro allowed employees to cheat on mandatory insurance licensing courses. Conrad resigned in February 2016. Zenefits paid $7M in fines to California and $3M to other states. Conrad was not criminally charged and later founded Rippling.

Raised

$583M

Outcome

💸 Fined

Investors

Andreessen HorowitzInstitutional Venture PartnersVenrock