![]() ![]() He is well-positioned to take back the reigns of the company he so passionately started 10 years ago and we’re very excited to welcome him back to the Hightail family as CEO. Ranjith has an impressive track record in the valley and a strong product and tech background. ![]() As Hightail evolves its product strategy, Co-founder and 10 year board member, Ranjith Kumaran will take the helm as the company’s new CEO. We owe him a debt of gratitude for what he’s built and we sincerely wish him the best in his next endeavor. Brad has been crucial in building Hightail’s growth and visibility over the past two years in what became an increasingly crowded and intense space. Hightail can confirm that Brad Garlinghouse has stepped down as CEO of the company. Update: We’re a little late in publishing this but Hightail sent over this statement shortly after our story first ran: Previous investors include Alloy Ventures, Sevin Rosen, Emergence Capital, Adams Street Partners and Sigma Partners. Accolade Partners, a Washington, D.C., investment firm, also participated in the round. ![]() It closed a $34 million Series E led by Western Digital Capital, the investment arm of the hard drive manufacturer Western Digital. Having completed its rebranding last year, Hightail has struggled to differentiate itself in a crowded business for cloud storage and collaboration, where larger, better-funded companies like Box and Dropbox have flourished. Hightail said in a statement that it has named Ranjith Kumaran, a co-founder of the original company YouSendit, as its new CEO. His LinkedIn profile currently reads “Goin’ fishin'” and he has listed his position with Hightail in the “previous” category. Garlinghouse confirmed the move to Re/code. : Even though it may be more obvious behind an addled deer running for it's life, a horse will too indeed raise it's tail in flight.Brad Garlinghouse, the former Yahoo executive tapped two years ago to transform the company formerly known as YouSendit into the file-sharing company Hightail, has left the company. : : ESC: we're dealing in small details here, but it's rather hard for a mustang to raise its tail, given that it's a bunch of long hair - the "flag" of a fleeing deer is quite obvious. : : : : I certainly agree "hightailing" was in reference to fleeing white-assed deer and may have migrated West with settlers, but it's not much of a stretch to apply it to fleeing, white-assed mustangs either. If any reader has had the privilege of seeing a deer leave in a hurry, they'll know what I'm talking about. The phrase may have migrated West with the pioneers, who were certainly acquainted with the behavior of the white tails they knew in the Eastern states. + more examples - hide examples + Example sentences - Hide. : : : : I hate to disagree with such authorities as the Morrises, but I am convinced that the phrase originated with the white tail deer, whose short, sturdy tails are white on the underside, and raised high when fleeing as a danger sign to other deer in the area. When we heard the night watchman, we hightailed it out of there as quick as we could. : : : : : May also have something to do with the fact that tails are raised when in flight : : : : "HIGHTAIL - a slang expression meaning 'to leave in a great hurry,' is a Western expression and was originally used to describe the way a herd of mustangs will break and race away when 'spooked' or frightened by the approach of cowboys." From Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988). : : : : I believe it comes from watching deer run away from danger. : : : : : Where does the phrase high tail it come from? As in my mom used to say, You had better high tail it home right now. In Reply to: Hightail it posted by ESC on December 23, 2000 ![]()
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