Anand Chandrasekaran
| Anand Chandrasekaran | |
|---|---|
| Born | Coimbatore, India |
| 🏡 Residence | Delhi, India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | PSG College of Technology Stanford University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Anand Chandrasekaran is an Indian-born business executive who used to work for Facebook Inc.[1] on developing partnerships and global strategies for Facebook Messenger. Previously, he was the Chief Product Officer of Snapdeal,[2] an Indian internet company, as well as Chief Product Officer of mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel.[3][4]
Education[edit]
Chandrasekaran holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.[5]
Career[edit]
After graduating from Stanford University in 2001, he co-founded Aeroprise,[6] one of the early innovators in personalized mobile applications software. Aeroprise was acquired by BMC Software in 2011.[7]
In 2011, he joined Yahoo and was a well-regarded product leader.[8] During his stint there, he worked on the partnership with Yelp and its integration into Yahoo Search.[9] This partnership was similar to content deals announced by Apple and Microsoft.[10]
In 2010, Anand was named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.[11] In 2014, he was hired by CEO Gopal Vittal to join Bharti Airtel in the newly created position of Chief Product Officer, in charge of conceptualizing and delivering new products [12] [13] In 2014, he helped launch Wynk Music,[14] and led the partnership with Google as the exclusive network partner in India for Android One.[15] Anand subsequently moved to e-commerce firm Snapdeal in 2015 in a similar role.[16].
He is also a Producer of the HIV-AIDS related documentary Tapestries of Hope[17] and has been an advisor to Storm Ventures.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ Newley Purnell (September 19, 2016). "Facebook Inc. Hires Anand Chandrasekaran". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ Biswarup Gooptu (Jun 12, 2015). "Bharti Anand Chandrasekaran Joins Snapdeal as new Chief Product Officer". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ Anindita Singh Mankotia (Apr 8, 2014). "Bharti Airtel hires Yahoo's Anand Chandrasekaran as Chief Product Officer". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ Kara Swisher (Apr 7, 2014). "Former Yahoo Exec Chandrasekaran to join India's Bharti Airtel". California: Re/Code. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ DLD. "DLD Conference Speaker". Retrieved January 2016. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Vance McCarthy. "Aeroprise eases Wireless AppDev for Developers". Retrieved 30 September 2004.
- ↑ "BMC Software Acquires Aeroprise". BMC Software. Jul 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ↑ Kara Swisher (March 27, 2014). "The guy who just got Yelp on Yahoo is leaving Yahoo". California: CNBC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ AFP. "Yahoo partners with Yelp to win users away from Google". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Kevin Shalvey (March 12, 2014). "Yahoo Partners with Yelp to Add local search content". California: Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ Rediff.com. "12 Indians and 4 NRIs among Young Global Leaders". Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ↑ Sainul K Abudheen. "Ex Yahoo exec Anand Chandrasekaran joins Bharti Airtel as products Chief". Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ Press Trust of India. "Bharti appoints Anand Chandrasekaran as Chief Product Officer". Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ Vikas SN. "Anand Chandrasekaran quits Airtel". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Richard Nieva. "Android One: Google's push to rule the smartphone world". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ ET Bureau. "Former Airtel CPO Anand Chandrasekaran joins Snapdeal". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Tapestries of Hope. "About the Movie". Retrieved June 2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Anand chandrasekaran joins bharti airtel as chief product officer". India: Light Reading. Apr 14, 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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