Xneelo founder and owner Hans Wencke will return to the company as CEO in April 2024 as Philip Delport steps down.<\/p>\n
Wencke co-founded Hetzner SA in 1999 with his brother-in-law, Martin Hetzner.<\/p>\n
It rebranded to Xneelo in July 2019 to differentiate itself from Hetzner Online and expand to North America.<\/p>\n
The name Xneelo (pronounced ex-nee-lo) was inspired by a Latin phrase that translates into the ability to create something out of nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHans, as the founder with 20+ years of experience, is best positioned to consider the future evolution and needs of the business,\u201d said Delport.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been my privilege to be part of the Xneelo journey, and I wish Hans, the leadership team and all at Xneelo continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wencke thanked Delport for his contribution to the company and wished him well.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last two years as CEO, Philip has taken Xneelo on a steady, solid journey through difficult times such as the COVID pandemic, Eskom load-shedding and economic uncertainty,\u201d said Wencke.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has also overseen the development of the Xneelo Cloud, a new product that is currently in customer Beta.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wencke was born in South Africa and raised in a German home.<\/p>\n
After graduating from the Cape Technikon in 1996 with a B-Tech in Human Resource Management, Hans started his career as an HR practitioner at Consol Glass.<\/p>\n
He left the company after two years and joined Key Recruitment before co-founding Hetzner SA in 1999 with his brother-in-law, Martin Hetzner.<\/p>\n
Under his leadership, Hetzner grew to be one of the largest specialist web hosting providers in South Africa, and the larger Middle East and Africa region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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