PITTSBURGH \u2014 After almost six years with the company, Duolingo Inc. Chief Financial Officer Matt Skaruppa is stepping down.<\/p>\n
Skaruppa joined the company as its first CFO in 2020, around when the language learning platform had just passed one million paid users.<\/a> The next year, the company went public on the Nasdaq, snapping a several year IPO drought in Pittsburgh\u2019s tech community and beating initial expectations.<\/a> In a statement thanking Skaruppa, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn called him \u201can exceptional financial leader (that) built a world-class team that has shaped our trajectory as a public company.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDuolingo has been the most rewarding chapter of my career,\u201d Skaruppa said in a prepared statement. \u201cFrom taking Duolingo public, to scaling the business far beyond our IPO expectations and building a finance organization that matches the creativity and excellence of the rest of the company, I\u2019m proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished together, sustainable growth, strong profitability and a culture that never lost its sense of fun.\u201d <\/p>\n Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a> <\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n