Wickr

The Wickr messaging service allowed an organization's users (and, optionally, external guests) to exchange end-to-end encrypted and content-expiring messages. Wickr was founded in 2012. Nico Sell served as the company's CEO until May 2015, who then became the co-chairman of Wickr and CEO of Wickr Foundation, a newly launched nonprofit whose seed funding was provided by the company. Mark Fields, who previously led CME's Strategic Investment Group, became the company's CEO. He remained CEO until November 2016 when he was replaced by Joel Wallenstrom, co-founder of iSec Partners, becoming the company's CEO and president. The Wickr Foundation was a nonprofit founded by Wickr founder Nico Sell that operated from 2015-2017. The foundation operated a social-impact venture fund with a global mission to advance the Private Web and transform how society uses the Internet. AWS acquired the company on June 25, 2021.