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Groupon Inc. relied on some of Silicon Valley's top bankers to pull off an initial public offering that drew investor skepticism as stock-market volatility increased the most in three months. Photographer: Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images Andrew Mason, chief executive officer of Groupon Inc., center, speaks at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011\. Groupon Inc. relied on some of Silicon Valley's top bankers to pull off an initial public offering that drew investor skepticism as stock-market volatility increased the most in three months. Photographer: Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images—2011 Bloomberg by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Mar 1, 2013 1:00 PM UTC It was only a matter of time. Groupon fired its charismatic CEO Andrew Mason on Thursday after a tumultuous tenure pockmarked by accounting gaffes, sophomoric stunts and a whopping 77% [decline](http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GRPN+Interactive#symbol=grpn;range=2y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;) in the company’s share price. Mason’s firing, which was expected, came one day after Groupon [delivered](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323478304578330592474736364.html) a net loss of $81 million for the previous quarter, sending its stock price [down](http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GRPN+Interactive#symbol=grpn;range=1d;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;) a vertigo-inducing 24% in one day. more “I was fired today,” Mason wrote in a [letter](https://www.jottit.com/v5wux/) to employees. “If you’re wondering why … you haven’t been paying attention.” He cited the company’s controversial accounting techniques, its failure to meet its own financial projections, and its deep and dramatic stock decline. “The events of the last year and a half speak for themselves,” Mason wrote. “As CEO, I am accountable.” Mason, 32, who is worth more than $200 million, wrote that he is “O.K. with having failed at this part of the journey,” and compared Groupon to the 1990s-era video game [Battletoads](http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/groupon-battletoads/), writing, “It would be like I made it all the way to the [Terra Tubes](http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/groupon-battletoads/) without dying on my first ever play through.” (See this [explanation](http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/groupon-battletoads/) of that reference.) Mason then went on to say that he is “looking for a good fat camp to lose my Groupon 40, if anyone has a suggestion.” (**MORE:** [The Social-Media-Tech IPO Boom: An Insider’s Game?](http://business.time.com/2012/08/13/was-the-social-media-tech-ipo-boom-a-big-scam/#ixzz2MFyozdoR)) Groupon’s board statement was more conservative. “On behalf of the entire Groupon board, I want to thank Andrew for his leadership, his creativity and his deep loyalty to Groupon,” [said](http://investor.groupon.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=744280) Groupon executive chairman Eric Lefkofsky, who has been appointed to the newly created office of the chief executive, along with vice chairman and veteran tech entrepreneur Ted Leonsis. Groupon’s board had weighed showing Mason the door since late last year. Mason’s firing pushed Groupon shares 4% higher, but it by no means solves the company’s problems, even if it removes a source of investor concern. “Mason’s departure is largely symbolic,” [wrote](https://twitter.com/rakeshlobster/status/307291700919934977) Rakesh Agrawal, a tech consultant and prominent Groupon critic who is short the company’s stock. “\[The\] company has huge structural challenges that his ouster doesn’t solve.” Lefkofsky and Leonsis [acknowledged](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/02/28/heres-groupons-memo-on-andrew-masons-firing/) those challenges in a memo to staff. “We all know our operational and financial performance has eroded the confidence of many of our supporters, both inside and outside of the company,” they wrote. “Now our task at hand is to win back their support.” Once described as the fastest-growing tech start-up in history, Groupon’s stunning rise and dramatic fall have become symbolic of the most recent round of [hype-fueled tech IPOs](http://business.time.com/2012/08/13/was-the-social-media-tech-ipo-boom-a-big-scam/). Launched in 2008, Groupon’s meteoric ascent was fueled by a novel, but deceptively simple, business model: instead of offering discount coupons to individual [consumers](http://topics.time.com/consumers/), Groupon’s system required a certain number of users to sign up for the discount to be activated. (**MORE:** [Groupon Faces SEC Probe, Investor Lawsuit as Stock Hits New Low](http://business.time.com/2012/04/05/groupon-faces-sec-probe-investor-lawsuit-as-stock-hits-new-low/#ixzz2MFyz02Z6)) [Retailers](http://topics.time.com/retailers/) were initially eager to participate because the system promised an influx of new customers. It seemed like a win-win for both consumers and retailers — especially during the Great [Recession](http://topics.time.com/recession/), as consumers hunted for bargains and retailers were desperate for new business. But the company has been buffeted by complaints from both consumers and retailers, as well as increasing competition and an improving economy. Groupon’s missteps began early, and continued often. In the summer of 2011, as Groupon was preparing its IPO, the company raised eyebrows with a funky financial metric it called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI). There was just one problem: because that figure excluded marketing costs, which make up the bulk of the company’s expenses, ACSOI made Groupon’s financial results appear better than they actually were. After the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) raised questions about the metric — which the _Wall Street Journal_ [called](http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/08/10/groupon-says-goodbye-to-financial-voodoo/) “financial voodoo” — Groupon downplayed ACSOI in its IPO documents. Mason also annoyed the SEC when he authored a lengthy, profanity-laden memo that was promptly leaked to the press in the middle of the company’s pre-IPO quiet period. In the memo, Mason touted Groupon’s prospects and trashed the financial press for critical coverage of the company. The SEC ultimately forced Groupon to include the document in its IPO filing. And just weeks before the IPO, Groupon radically changed how it accounted for revenue after further pressure from the SEC — causing it to slash its 2010 revenue by half. Then, last April, Groupon [restated](http://business.time.com/2012/04/02/why-groupons-fuzzy-math-should-worry-investors/) earnings to reflect a larger quarterly loss after its auditor discovered “material weakness in its internal controls” — financial speak for lax accounting practices. That episode [prompted](http://business.time.com/2012/04/05/groupon-faces-sec-probe-investor-lawsuit-as-stock-hits-new-low/) a preliminary SEC probe, as well as a shareholder lawsuit accusing top Groupon executives of a “fraudulent scheme” that “deceived the investing public.” At the time, prominent venture capitalist and tech pundit Paul Kedrosky described the company as “a complete fiasco.” (**MORE:** [Why Groupon’s Fuzzy Math Should Worry Investors](http://business.time.com/2012/04/02/why-groupons-fuzzy-math-should-worry-investors/)) But questionable accounting practices were just the beginning. There was also the matter of Mason’s occasionally bizarre behavior. Take the infamous 2011 “[death stare](http://allthingsd.com/20110601/see-andrew-masons-amazing-death-stare/)” episode. Or the key all-hands meeting last April when Mason outlined the company’s corporate strategy, during an address observed via webcast by a reporter. At one point, Mason’s voice broke. “Sorry, too much beer,” he said, as [reported](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304723304577366282578172486.html) by the _Journal_. Mason then proceeded to tell his employees that Groupon needed to grow up. There were other stunts as well. A 2011 _Vanity Fair_ [piece](http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/08/groupon-201108) — for which Mason posed with a cat on his head — relates how Mason had purchased a spotted pony named Spice that he planned to give New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was visiting Chicago-based Groupon. Disaster was averted only moments before Bloomberg arrived, after a Groupon employee discovered via Google that the mayor’s daughter Georgina had recently [suffered](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703856504575600863515167210.html) a concussion and a fractured spine during a horse-riding accident. Needless to say, Spice did not return to New York City with Mayor Bloomberg. (More Mason antics can be found [here](http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/02/28/andrew-masons-not-so-greatest-moments-at-groupon-a-retrospective/) and [here](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/groupons-fired-ceo-mason-high-004339700.html).) Sophomoric stunts aside, the most outrageous Groupon episode occurred well before the company had even gone public. In January 2011, Groupon raised $950 million in its last pre-IPO fundraising round. Yet by the end of March 2011, the company only had $209 million in cash, as All Things D’s Peter Kafka [reported](http://allthingsd.com/20110602/where-did-groupons-billion-dollars-go/). So where did all the money go? Turns out that even as Groupon was losing money, the company [paid out over $800 million](http://www.wired.com/business/2011/06/groupon-ipo/) to company insiders, including $300 million to Groupon chairman Lefkofsky. Groupon, which turned down a $6 billion offer from Google, would later go public at a valuation of nearly $13 billion. It is now worth less than $3 billion, a 77% [decline](http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GRPN+Interactive#symbol=grpn;range=2y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7100299/groupon-fires-ceo-andrew-mason-the-rise-and-fall-of-techs-enfant-terrible/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7100299/groupon-fires-ceo-andrew-mason-the-rise-and-fall-of-techs-enfant-terrible/"},"headline":"Groupon Fires CEO Andrew Mason: The Rise and Fall of Tech's Enfant Terrible","datePublished":"2013-03-01T13:00:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T00:58:58.081Z","description":"It was only a matter of time. 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