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Groupon’s Mason says he’s the right guy for the job

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is doing a good job — just ask him.

“If I thought I wasn’t doing a good job, I’d be the first person to fire myself,” Mason said at the Business Insider Ignition conference in New York.

Plenty of investors would beg to differ with him.

Shares of the daily-deals site are down a whopping 80 percent since the company went public a year ago. His remarks helped send the shares up 3.6 percent to $4.10.

The company’s core business of offering coupons for nail salons, restaurants and other local merchants is already contracting, forcing it to look elsewhere for growth.

Several reports have also suggested the board has been discussing whether to replace Mason, who founded the Chicago-based company. The company is holding a regularly scheduled board meeting tomorrow.

Mason said that while the company faces challenges, it has grown to $5 billion in bookings and fended off thousands of competitors.

He added that his continued leadership brings “stability” to the firm and that he would always act in Groupon’s best interests.

“As the founder and creator and large shareholder and customer, I care far more about the business, more than I care about the role of CEO.”

Mason also responded to critics who say he hasn’t been a vocal enough proponent of the site.

“My belief is that candor and straightforwardness with the public is always the best policy,” he said. “You can’t talk the stock back up to $20, it will come down to our ability to deliver.”

catkinson@nypost.com