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===Expansion and IPO===
===Expansion and IPO===
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[[Dan Rosensweig]], formerly CEO of [[Guitar Hero]], took over as CEO in February 2010 and began shifting Chegg from a textbook rental business toward a broader digital learning platform.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/drosensweig-lands-at-textbook-renter-cheggcom/ |title=Rosensweig Lands at Textbook Renter Chegg.com |first=Miguel |last=Helft | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 3, 2010 | url-access=limited}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kymmcnicholas/2011/08/18/dan-rosensweig-his-journey-from-yahoo-to-guitar-hero-then-chegg/ | title=Dan Rosensweig: His Journey From Yahoo To Guitar Hero Then Chegg | last=McNicholas |first=Kym | work=[[Forbes]] | date=August 18, 2011}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2021/01/28/this-12-billion-company-is-getting-rich-off-students-cheating-their-way-through-covid/ |last=Adams |first=Susan |title=This $12 Billion Company Is Getting Rich Off Students Cheating Their Way Through Covid | work=[[Forbes]] | date=January 28, 2021}} Under his leadership, Chegg added course selection and homework help features in 2011,{{Cite news | url=https://venturebeat.com/business/chegg-course-selection-homework-help/ | title=Chegg moves beyond textbooks with course selection, homework help | first=Anthony | last=Ha | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=March 24, 2011}} raised an additional $25 million from 17 investors in 2012,{{Cite news | url=https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/chegg-funding/ | title=Cha-ching! Chegg raises $25M more for textbook and education platform | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=March 9, 2012}} and pursued an aggressive series of acquisitions (see [[#Acquisitions|below]]).
[[Dan Rosensweig]], formerly CEO of [[Guitar Hero]], took over as CEO in February 2010 and began shifting Chegg from a textbook rental business toward a broader digital learning platform.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/drosensweig-lands-at-textbook-renter-cheggcom/ |title=Rosensweig Lands at Textbook Renter Chegg.com |first=Miguel |last=Helft | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 3, 2010 | url-access=limited}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kymmcnicholas/2011/08/18/dan-rosensweig-his-journey-from-yahoo-to-guitar-hero-then-chegg/ | title=Dan Rosensweig: His Journey From Yahoo To Guitar Hero Then Chegg | last=McNicholas |first=Kym | work=[[Forbes]] | date=August 18, 2011}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2021/01/28/this-12-billion-company-is-getting-rich-off-students-cheating-their-way-through-covid/ |last=Adams |first=Susan |title=This $12 Billion Company Is Getting Rich Off Students Cheating Their Way Through Covid | work=[[Forbes]] | date=January 28, 2021}} Under his leadership, Chegg added course selection and homework help features in 2011,{{Cite news | url=https://venturebeat.com/business/chegg-course-selection-homework-help/ | title=Chegg moves beyond textbooks with course selection, homework help | first=Anthony | last=Ha | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=March 24, 2011}} raised an additional $25 million from 17 investors in 2012,{{Cite news | url=https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/chegg-funding/ | title=Cha-ching! Chegg raises $25M more for textbook and education platform | work=[[VentureBeat]] | date=March 9, 2012}} and pursued an aggressive series of acquisitions (see [[#Acquisitions|below]]).