Anand Chandrasekaran
Alma materPSG College of Technology
Stanford University
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur
Business Executive
Known forFormer CPO of Bharti Airtel
Former CPO of Snapdeal

Anand Chandrasekaran is an Indian entrepreneur and business executive. He was the former Chief Product officer of Snapdeal and Airtel.[1][2]

Early life and education

Chandrasekaran did his bachelor's degree in communications engineering from PSG College of Technology. He did his master's in electrical engineering from Stanford University.[3]

Career

Chandrasekaran started his career in 2001 by co-founding Aeroprise.[4] He was the Director of Product at Openwave.[5] In 2011, he joined Yahoo as the senior director of mobile and search, and in 2014 he quit his job from Yahoo. After that he joined as the Chief Product Officer of Bharti Airtel. While being the CPO of Airtel, he launched the Wynk music app. In 2015, he left Bharti airtel and then he joined as the CPO of Snapdeal.[1] In 2016, he resigned from Snapdeal.[6] In 2016, he joined as the Director of Platform Partnerships for Messenger at Facebook.[7] He worked at Facebook for three years and left at 2019. He was the executive vice president of product management at Five9.[8] In 2022, he joined General Catalyst as a partner and investor.[9]

Awards

  • Fortune 40 under 40 in 2016[10]
  • Young Global Leader in 2010 by World Economic Forum[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Mclain, Sean (2015-06-10). "India's Snapdeal Hires Former Yahoo Executive Anand Chandrasekaran". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ↑ Abrar, Peerzada (2015-07-18). "Betting on 'string of pearls' strategy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Five9 Expands Leadership Team Tapping Anand Chandrasekaran as Executive Vice President of Product Management". Bloomberg.com. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Snapdeal's Chief Product Officer quits". www.thehindubusinessline.com. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. ↑ "Now, Anand Chandrasekaran quits Snapdeal". The Hindu. 2016-05-24. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Anand Chandrasekaran quits as Chief Product Officer of Snapdeal". The Hindu. 2016-05-24. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Facebook hires Anand Chandrasekaran for Messenger app". The Indian Express. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Angel investor Anand Chandrasekaran quits Five9". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  9. ↑ "General Catalyst hires Anand Chandrasekaran for its India play". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  10. ↑ "Anand Chandrasekaran - India's Young & Brightest Entrepreneurs in 40 Under 40 2016 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  11. ↑ "Journey of a young genius". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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