Marshall Terry: After Lebda died, LendingTree’s chief operating officer, Scott Peyree, was thrust into the position of CEO. How is he and the company doing a few months now since Lebda’s death?
Ashley Fahey: LendingTree has actually been in a pretty good spot as far as their recent quarterly earnings. Revenue and profits have been up.
Obviously, it’s been interesting, I’m sure, for Peyree to navigate being thrust into the CEO position essentially overnight. He spoke with my colleague Tony Mecia. I think it’s interesting to note that Peyree is actually based on the West Coast. He calls himself a Seattle guy. I think that would prompt a lot of questions for Charlotte folks about would LendingTree move to Seattle where I think they have maybe 100+ employees. But he tells Tony that they plan to keep the headquarters here in Charlotte…