Public (NYSE: SKIL); did a 1-for-20 reverse split (Oct 2023)
Live Β· SKILΒ· NYSE
as of 2026-09-17
$6.33β² 51.07% today
βΒ $57.6 Million market cap Β· β95.6% from peak
The rise & fall
7 moments Β· 1998β2025
The key moments, with employee sentiment along the way.
1998
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1998
Founded in New Hampshire
A corporate e-learning company from the dial-up era of workplace training.
Wikipedia
Jun 2021
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Jun 2021
The peak: a ~$1.3B SPAC comeback$1.3B
Merges with Churchill Capital Corp II, folds in Global Knowledge, and returns to public markets on the NYSE at roughly $1.3B.
PRNewswire
2022
2022
Growth disappoints, losses persist
The de-SPAC story unravels as the numbers refuse to cooperate.
SEC filing
2022
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2022
Slips out of the club
Barely a year after the SPAC close, the market cap falls well below $1B.
MarketScreener
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
A 1-for-20 reverse split
The stock has slid so far that Skillsoft consolidates twenty shares into one to keep its NYSE listing.
SEC filing
2022β25
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From the inside Β· Glassdoor reviews, 2022β25
Glassdoor reviews from the slide years described the strain inside: layoff rounds arriving almost every fiscal year, a merger integration that left sales teams straddling two CRMs with commissions paid late or miscalculated, and long stretches without raises or bonuses β though by 2025 reviewers were noting morale improving.
Today
Today
Still in the club β and still trading
Live Β· SKIL Β· NYSEas of 2026-09-17
$6.33β² 51.07% todayβ $57.6M cap Β· β95.6% from peak
π¬ entries paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β; dated facts carry their source.
How it happened
Skillsoft is a corporate digital-learning provider that returned to public markets in June 2021 by merging with the SPAC Churchill Capital Corp II in a deal valuing the combined company β which also folded in Global Knowledge β at roughly $1.3B.
Growth disappointed and losses persisted, and the stock slid so far that Skillsoft executed a 1-for-20 reverse split in October 2023 to keep its NYSE listing.
Source: PRNewswire / SEC / MarketScreener (Churchill Capital Corp II SPAC merger closed June 2021 at ~$1.3B enterprise value, plus Global Knowledge acquisition; 1-for-20 reverse split effective Oct 2023)
Who ran it
Jeffrey Tarr
CEO
Now Exeutive Chairman at Hayden AI Β· LinkedIn β
Current roles as self-reported on LinkedIn, retrieved 2026-08-19. See our methodology.
