Sriram Krishnan: Elon Musk's right-hand man on Twitter!?

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Sriram Krishnan: Elon Musk's right-hand man on Twitter!?


Elon Musk's acquisition of twitter has opened the door to radical reforms at the company. Elon Musk fired Indian-origin Barak Agarwal, who was the CEO of twitter until now. Now the same Elon Musk has sought the help of another Indian. The Indian's name was sriram Krishnan. Born in chennai, this Indian-American engineer is now a member of Elon Musk's core team. Sriram Krishnan, who works with Musk, confirmed this information on his twitter account. However, he mentioned on his twitter page that this arrangement is temporary.
Comment by sriram Krishnan
Sriram Krishnan, a professional engineer, said in his latest tweet that he is collaborating with Elon Musk for Twitter. "I am working for Elon Musk on an ad hoc basis, along with some other seniors. I believe this is a very important company. twitter is having a huge impact on the world. It will only happen under Elon Musk's leadership," sriram said in his tweet. Sriram is a partner in investment firm A16z, also known as Andreessen Horowitz. The company has invested in several crypto companies. In another tweet, sriram said that he is still working with his current company. In it he wrote "If you're a crypto founder, you know how to find me!" He said.

Who is sriram Krishnan?
According to the details on the a16z website, the company sriram Krishnan works for is a partner in 'Andreesen Horowitz' known as a16z. He has invested in various consumer startups through Shriram 'Andreeson Horowitz'. Shriram is also a member of the boards of companies like Pitsky, Hoppin, Polywork etc. However, before joining a16z sriram worked at several large companies including Twitter. Sriram, who led consumer groups at twitter, handled user experience, search, discovery and audience growth divisions at the company. He has also worked on mobile ad products for companies including data-facebook and Snapchat. Actually Sriram's career started at Microsoft. Sriram was overseeing various projects at microsoft including Windows Azure.

Study in Chennai
Sriram Krishnan studied B.Tech from SRM College, chennai from 2001-2005. He later worked at twitter from 2017 to 2019. During Sriram's tenure as head of Twitter's core consumer group, the company grew by 20 percent. Sriram worked at Meta (Facebook) between 2013-2016, according to his LinkedIn bio. He worked at microsoft from 2005 to 2011. Sriram is interested in Consumer Technologies, Cryptocurrencies Investments.


Who is in the family ?
Sriram belongs to a middle class family in Chennai. His father worked in an insurance company. Mother is a housewife. Sriram's wife's name is Arthi. In 2002, the couple met through yahoo Messenger. Then the marriage took place. They have been married for 20 years. In 2005, at the age of 21, sriram moved to Seattle, USA. There he joined Microsoft. sriram and his wife Aarti started a YouTube channel called The Good Time Show. In february 2020, the couple invited Elon Musk to a midnight entertainment.
Sriram had told the New York Times that Elon Musk had agreed to attend the event through a text message. The couple reportedly met Elon Musk at his SpaceX headquarters a few years ago.

Who is the CEO of twitter now?
After the ouster of Barak Agarwal as CEO, the debate over who will be the CEO of twitter has started. However, twitter has announced that Elon Musk is the new CEO and director. As Musk removed all directors from the board, he is now a director of his own company. There are also unconfirmed reports that he will change features on Twitter.

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