Ancestry CEO Howard Hochhauser told the Fortune COO Summit that he didn't initially seek out the corner office.
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00:00I was very happy. I was in my mind like, you know, I could actually see, you know, retiring at some
00:06point in five or so years. But we changed the investment thesis back to family history. I'm
00:12passionate about what we're doing, passionate about our consumers, and really love the company.
00:18And so this was one of those cases of right person, right time, and so we're doing it,
00:24and it's working out well. A couple of quarters in, so it's early. But it's definitely landing
00:29well with our consumers, employees, the results are turning around.