Vancouver-based online furniture seller Cymax Group Technologies has found a new CEO: its majority owner, Markus Frind, who is likely best known for founding online dating site Plenty of Fish, .
"Stepping into this subsidiary to provide direction, vision and focus," .
Frind's appointment is effective today.
Frind told BIV in January that his stake in privately held Cymax was "70ish [per cent] last time I looked," and that .
"In the middle of finding a new CEO," he wrote in a text.
Frind succeeds interim CEO Mike Herenberg, who is also COO and will continue in that role. The company's most recent permanent CEO was .
A added that "Frind joins at an exciting time as the organization celebrates 20 years of innovation and expands focus on Generative AI."
Frind has been on the board of directors at Cymax for more than nine years. He first invested in Cymax in 2015.
“I am excited about the opportunities ahead of us,” Frind said in today's press release. “I have lots of ideas on how we can infuse and inject technology and AI to continue to drive growth.”
One of Frind's passions is wine, and he described his Frind Esate Winery as a "hobby" to BIV last summer.
He has .