Current CEO, Recent Acquisitions, and Change of Company Name
Blucora's current President and CEO is William J. Ruckelshaus. Ruckelshaus was appointed to this role in November 2010 after serving as a board member since May 2007. In January 2012, the company acquired TaxAct, and to help differentiate its name from its new purchase, and that of its InfoSpace search unit, it rebranded its name to Blucora, and its NASDAQ ticker symbol changed to BCOR on June 7, 2012.
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