Kickstarter cofounder and CEO Yancey Strickler announced Wednesday evening he will step down from his role as CEO sometime this year, when a replacement is found.

Strickler made the announcement in a post on Kickstarter’s website.

“Let me be the first to tell you: the job is great. The team is seriously ridiculous. 2017 will be our eighth straight profitable year. Great stuff is cooking in the oven,” he wrote. “Being the CEO of Kickstarter is an unreal opportunity for someone with a deep connection to creative projects, someone who doesn’t believe in putting profit above all, and someone who’s excited by the challenge of building on a successful business that’s oriented to the long term.”

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