Kirthiga Reddy, MD of Facebook India has announced that she will be
stepping down from her current role at Facebook India and is moving to
the US to work in a different role at the Facebook headquarters in the
US. Kirthiga Reddy has been instrumental in the growth of Facebook in
India ever since she opened its shutters in 2010.From Pioneering her
efforts in India to take facebook to new heights to her latest plan.
Let us look at 10 facts about Kirthiga Reddy, MD Facebook India:
Chennaite
Kirthiga Reddy was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India to middle class parents.
Business School
Kirthiga Reddy is educated in B.E in Computer Engineering from Mahatma
Gandhi Mission's college of Computer Science. She later went to Stanford
Graduate School of Business.
Married
She is married to Devanand Reddy and has two children
Fitness freak
Kirthiga Reddy is a Fitness enthusiast who runs Marathons, does Pilates and Yoga.
Worked at Motorola
Kirthiga Reddy has previously worked for Companies like Motorola and
Silicon Graphics.She worked with some large companies before Facebook.
Powerful Woman
Kirthiga Reddy was listed on Fortune India's Top 50 most powerful Women and also among 25 most influential women.
Started it
Kirthiga Reddy was the First Employee of Facebook India when Facebook
set up operations in India in 2010 and is credited to opening the office
shutters on day one.
Facebook Grew
Under Kirthiga Reddy, Facebook saw exponential growth in India in the
terms of number of users.It also led to Facebook tie-in with several
brands in India like Yepme and Coca-Cola.Facebook saw huge growth in
terms of revenue. Its user base too grew.
Decision to Step down
Kirthiga Reddy announced her decision to wind up from Facebook India in a
couple of months. She will be moving to US where she will be playing a
larger role at Facebook headquarters in US
Free Basics ban
The Decision comes after Facebook Free Basics was banned in India on
grounds that it does not adhere to net neutrality. Kirthiga Reddy has
said that she was not associated with the Free Basics Programme.
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