Will another person of Indian-origin replace Parag Agrawal as Twitter CEO? It’s not certain yet but it may happen. After taking over the microblogging platform and immediately firing its top brass including CEO Parag Agrawal, Billionaire Elon Musk has roped in Sriram Krishnan, the general partner at 16z crypto ‘temporarily’ to help with Twitter’s rejig.
Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. I ( an… https://t.co/dPRXCzVX16— Sriram Krishnan – sriramk.eth (@sriramk) 1667161366000
As Musk looks to incorporate the several changes he has envisioned at Twitter, will Krishnan be among the top few chosen ones to spearhead this change given his prior experience at the social media platform?
Krishnan is a technologist and engineer. He invests in early stage startups. He previously led the product and engineering teams at Twitter, Meta and Microsoft.
He is also on the boards of Bitski, Hopin, and Polywork.
Prior to joining 16z, Sriram led core consumer teams at Twitter where he was responsible for products including the home timeline, new user experience, search, discovery, and audience growth.
Before this, Sriram created and oversaw various mobile ad products for both Snap and Facebook, including Snap’s Direct Response ads business and the Facebook Audience Network, one of the largest networks in display advertising.
He even hosts a podcast / Youtube channel with his wife Aarthi Ramamurthy.
His interests lie in consumer tech and crypto. Among his passions include storytelling in all forms and pro wrestling. Interestingly he believes in the ‘importance of making a big entry ‘
