https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/08/ping-identity-ceo-discusses-his-companys-long-strange-startup-trip/ > Ping Identity was in the news last week with a huge deal to sell itself to private equity investors after several years as a public company. > Ping CEO Andre Durand launched his identity company way back in 2002, raising around $128 million in venture funding along the way. In a 2015 interview with TechCrunch, Durand talked about going public within a year or two. That didn’t happen, at least not then, but what did happen may be one of the stranger founder tales ever told — one with twists and turns Durand admits he could never have imagined.