Sriram Krishnan

Tech Tycoon Elon Musk was swift with taking over Twitter and establishing his reign. His first task was to fire the Indian CEO Parag Agrawal along with ...

Tech Tycoon Elon Musk was swift with taking over Twitter and establishing his reign. Musk will mostly enlist Krishnan's skills in monetising the social media platform and has also previously shared how he wants users to pay for the blue verification tick. The desired man is none other than Sriram Krishnan.

Sriram Krishnan worked at Twitter as its senior director of product in 2017 where he helped grow the company. Elon Musk as 'Chief Twit' will now want to use ...

Follow us on [also read] [World](https://www.firstpost.com/category/world) [From flamethrowers to challenging Putin to combat, why Elon Musk is the king of publicity stunts](https://www.firstpost.com/world/from-flamethrowers-to-challenging-putin-to-combat-why-elon-musk-is-the-king-of-publicity-stunts-11527091.html) Elon Musk, who took complete control of Twitter, is planning on charging people — anywhere between $4.99 and $19.99 a month — to retain their checkmark. In the meantime, here are some of the billionaire’s most audacious and wildest news-grabbing exploits Krishnan has always been passionate about his work at Twitter, something that was evident even when he joined the company back in September 2017. He was quoted as saying, “Really excited for the future of Twitter. Krishnan had later told the New York Times that he managed to get Musk on board after merely texting him. Elon Musk has finally taken control of Twitter. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is officially the owner of Twitter after months of the ‘will he, won’t he’ game. Born in Chennai and a graduate of SRM Engineering College, Anna University (2001-2005), Krishnan — a US citizen — is an investor, technologist, and engineer. Sriram Krishnan worked at Twitter as its senior director of product in 2017 where he helped grow the company. During his stint with the micro-blogging website, he led a core consumer teams, which was responsible for products including the home timeline, new user experience, search, discovery, and audience growth. Moreover, documents filed on Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed that Musk has become Twitter’s sole director after dissolving its corporate board.

Chennai-born Sriram Krishnan, an investor, technologist, and engineer will 'temporarily' be part of the crack team that will help Musk restructure the ...

In February 2020, the couple invited Musk to the late-night Clubhouse event. Krishnan also led revenue product and monetisation efforts at Snap Inc. Krishnan met his wife through Yahoo messenger in 2002. Krishnan was brought up in Chennai. “If you’re a crypto founder, you know how to find me!” he added. The ace investor has made 23 investments so far, the latest being Seed Round - Lasso Labs on October 4.

Shar Tank India judge Anupam Mittal said if launched, he would invest in 'Twitcoin'. A day after venture capital investor Sriram Krishnan revealed that he's ...

Both Elon Musk and Sriram Krishnan are cryptocurrency enthusiasts. 5 points about him](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/sriram-krishnan-is-helping-elon-musk-with-twitter-5-points-about-him-9419071.html) "Now quickly make Sriram Krishnan CEO and launch a Twitcoin." [Sriram Krishnan](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/tags/sriram-krishnan.html) is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) which is venture capital fund that invests in crypto and web3 startups. Anupam Mittal was referring to "Twitcoin" as a new crypto currency inspired by the likes of Bitcoin and Dogecoin. A day after venture capital investor Sriram Krishnan revealed that he's helping Elon Musk with Twitter, Shark Tank India judge and Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal lauded the development and shared some advice intended for the tech billionaire."

Krishnan is a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Now that the word is out: I'm helping out @elonmusk with ...

But replying to a Twitter user asking about the report, he said: "This is false." While there has been no official confirmation of the plan, on Monday Musk appeared to acknowledge the speculation in a new tweet which said: "On no, all our diabolical plans have been revealed!!" Many of Twitter's most prominent verified users said they would leave if it tried to implement the plan. He also is reported to be planning large layoffs at the company. Krishnan started his career at Microsoft where he touched numerous projects related to Windows Azure. Musk has said the process of gaining a prestigious "blue tick" will be revised.

Chennai born Sriram Krishnan has revealed that he is helping billionaire Elon Musk through initial changes at Twitter. He also has his own website, ...

I previously had leadership roles running product and engineering at Twitter, Meta and Snap". [Click here](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth) [Elon Musk](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/elon-musk-planning-to-layoff-75-of-twitter-employees-in-next-few-months-twitter-denies-such-plans-582672.html), what he does all day, his Twitter blocks, explaining his favourite books (and his tweetstorm). He headed up core product teams, including home timeline, onboarding/new user experience, search, discovery, etc. [Not India, Elon Musk May Choose Indonesia As Tesla's Production](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/elon-musk-may-choose-indonesia-instead-of-india-as-tesla-production-hub-569456.html) [crypto](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/investment/twenty-cryptocurrency-terms-you-must-know-556193.html)/web3 as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. [Looking Back At Musk & Parag Agrawal's Rift This Year](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/elon-musk-vs-twitter-ex-ceo-parag-agrawal-583281.html) [SpaceX](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/spacex-seeks-govt-permit-to-launch-starlink-in-india-581806.html) [Twitter ](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/what-elon-musk-said-to-twitter-employees-in-first-meeting-572434.html)from 2017 till 2019 [(Musk's space company), CRED, Khatabook and others, Krishnan reportedly led core consumer product teams at](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/spacex-seeks-govt-permit-to-launch-starlink-in-india-581806.html)(Musk's space company), CRED, Khatabook and others, Krishnan reportedly led core consumer product teams at [Snap ](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/snap-inc-lay-off-578499.html)and Facebook, including Snap's Direct Response ads business and the Facebook Audience Network, one of the largest networks in display advertising, as per IANS report. He drove Twitter user growth to more than 20% (YoY) growth in two years and launched several products, including a redesigned events experience. [World's Richest Person Elon Musk Meets His Indian 'Twitter Friend' 23YO Pranay Pathole In Texas](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/elon-musk-meets-india-twitter-friend-pranay-pathole-577836.html) [Elon Musk](https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/looking-back-at-the-timeline-of-elon-musk-twitters-much-awaited-44-billion-deal-582602.html) seems super busy revamping Twitter since taking over it last week, an Indian origin techie is helping the world’s richest person in doing so.

The former Twitter staffer and his wife interviewed AR Rahman on their podcast Aarthi and Sriram's Good Time Show.

TRENDING MOST READ He also worked with Snapchat where he built the social media platform’s ad tech platform shortly before the company’s IPO. He later moved to Facebook where he helped building the Facebook Audience Network, a competitive platform to Google’s ad technologies. If you’re a crypto founder, you know how to find me,” he said in a Twitter thread on Monday. “Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. Still very much in my day job at @a16zcrypto. In the early part of 2021. “I am a synthesiser and work with algorithm and operators and all this stuff for the past 35 years now. AI helps identify which frequencies are disturbing, what is lacking in a mix, so we can get all that stuff. Krishnan and his wife launched a Clubhouse talk show that focused on organic conversations on start-ups, venture capitalism and cryptocurrencies. To a question on how he applies AI in music, the music maestro said: “If you take mixing, there are certain frequencies we don’t hear.

Krishnan, who is also a former Twitter employee, is expected to guide Musk in his ambitious plan to monetise the social media giant.

[engineering](/topic/engineering) teams at Meta (2013-16) and [Microsoft](/topic/microsoft) (2005-11). After taking charge, Musk fired several officials of Twitter’s top leadership, including Chief Executive Officer Agrawal, and also set up a content moderation council. After the merger, Musk became the sole director of Twitter as the erstwhile directors — Bret Taylor, Parag Agrawal, Omid Kordestani, David Rosenblatt, Martha Lane Fox, Patrick Pichette, Egon Durban, Fei-Fei Li and Mimi Alemayehou — are no longer a part of the company. Krishnan and his wife also host a show on According to Musk’s road map, the Twitter verification or blue tick will be made a paid feature, where customers may have to pay around $20 for the label. If anyone here is interested in a meet up especially students!), let us know,” he wrote.

Krishnan is a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). “Now that the word is out: I'm helping out @elonmusk with ...

Musk tweeted that the “whole verification process is being revamped right now.” The New York Times reported that Musk “planned to begin laying off workers” at Twitter. Krishnan added that he is “still very much in my day job” at @a16zcrypto.“If you’re a crypto founder, you know how to find me!.”

Krishnan and his wife, Aarthi Ramamurthy, were born in Chennai and according to a profile published last year in The New York Times, they had a 'typical ...

She joined Facebook in 2017 as a product director before leaving for Clubhouse to expand it to other countries. Krishnan is a popular name in the Silicon Valley, besides being a partner at investment firm Andreesen Horowitz, also called a16z. Elon Musk is making big management changes at Twitter, bringing together a team of advisers to help him run the show.