Manish Maheshwari
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Manish Maheshwari is an Indian technology entrepreneur and executive. His technology ventures have focused on building solutions that improve the lives of the masses in emerging markets. He is co-founder of Fanory.ai, an AI-enabled "Shopify for creators",[1] with majority investment from JetSynthesys and backed by the family offices of cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar, Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla and Infosys co-founder, Kris Gopalakrishnan.[2][3][4]
Manish Maheshwari | |
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मनीष माहेश्वरी | |
Born | January 1977 Tatanagar, Bihar (prior to 2000), Jharkhand (post 2000), India |
Education | MBA, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | Shri Ram College of Commerce Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Co-Founder of Fanory.ai President of JetSynthesys Founder and former CEO of Invact Metaversity Former Head of Twitter India Former CEO-Digital of Network18 |
Spouse | Priya Maheshwari |
Maheshwari was the former head of Twitter India.[5] Prior to Twitter, he was the CEO of Network18 Digital.[6] He has also worked with Intuit, Flipkart, Procter & Gamble, and McKinsey.[7] He founded Invact Metaversity to bridge COVID-induced digital divide in education by leveraging the Metaverse technology.[8]
Maheshwari was elected to the Governing Council of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in 2017. He additionally served on the Executive Council until 2019 as a Treasurer, a role of significant national responsibility.[9]
Early in his career, he, along with Intuit's founder, Scott Cook and Intuit engineers Manish Shah and Clinton Nielsen, co-founded txtWeb.[10] txtWeb was an emerging markets-focused mobile platform for citizen journalism, for which the founders hold a patent issued by United States Patent & Trademark Office.[11] txtWeb was recognised by GSMA as a global case study on empowerment through access to information.[12] Snap's founder, Evan Spiegel, briefly worked as an intern on the txtWeb team.[13] India Today magazine recognised Maheshwari as one of India's Top 10 Innovators in 2014.[14]
After earning an MBA with honours from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, supported by a Ford Research Fellowship, Maheshwari briefly worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he advised the Government of India on higher education system reforms.
Maheshwari is a TEDx speaker,[15] an active MENSA member, and a PADI-certified diver who speaks five languages.