Zachary Sims
Founder of Codecademy
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
CEO, Codecademy and GM of Technology and Developer
2022 - 2023
I joined Skillsoft through their acquisition of Codecademy, where I was CEO. At Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), I: - was the GM and P&L owner of a growing business with more than $150m in revenue - managed a cross-functional business unit with more than 400 team members - continued to run Codecademy while taking on a larger portion of Skillsoft's Technology and Developer business - helped lead the broader business as part of the Executive Leadership Team
Skillsoft provides online learning and e-learning solutions for global enterprises, SMEs, governments and educational institutions.
Raised $555,000,000.00 from Prosus & Naspers.
Co-Founder and CEO
2011 - 2022
Codecademy teaches more than 50 million people around the world the skills they need to upgrade their careers. Check us out at http://www.codecademy.com. I co-founded Codecademy in 2011 and led the company through: - scaling to 50m+ users in every country in the world - $50m+ in ARR - raising $85m+ in capital - a sale to Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) for more than $525m Codecademy is a TIME Top 50 Website and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Codecademy was funded by Union Square Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Naspers, Richard Branson, SV Angel, Yuri Milner, Y Combinator and others.
business
2010 - 2011
GroupMe was acquired by Skype in 2011. GroupMe was a group texting and conference calling service.