Manish Maheshwari

Manish Maheshwari is an Indian Entrepreneur and founder & CEO of Invact Metaversity.[1] He is the former Managing Director of Twitter India. He was also the CEO of Network18 Digital before he joined Twitter. He has also worked with Flipkart, Procter & Gamble, Network18 Group, and McKinsey.[2]

Manish Maheshwari
Maheshwari with B. V. R. Mohan Reddy
Born
Tatanagar, Jharkhand
Alma materShri Ram College of Commerce
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
OccupationCEO of Invact Metaversity
Former Managing Director of Twitter India
Former CEO of Web18
Spouse(s)Priya Maheshwari
Children1

Early life & Education

Maheshwari studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce. He debated in the students’ body election and was the editor of the student’s magazine. He has also won the Principal Madan Mohan Medal, the highest award in the college for participation in extra-curricular activities. He did his MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, US. There he received the Shils-Zeidman Award, the highest award for entrepreneurship.[3]

Career

Maheshwari started his career with Procter & Gamble (P&G), as one of the youngest regional expatriate managers in the company. Then he went to McKinsey, United States. In 2011, he co-founded txtWeb, a platform that allows app developers to build SMS-based apps. He also worked with Flipkart as head of the merchant business and seller ecosystem. Under him, between February 2015 and February 2016, Flipkart’s seller base grew tenfold.[4] In April 2016, he joined as the CEO of Network18 Digital.[5] In April 2019, he joined as the Managing Director (MD) in Twitter for its India operations. In 2021, he resigned from Twitter. After that, he founded Invact Metaversity along with Tanay Pratap.[6][7]

References
  1. Bureau, BL Bengaluru. "Former Twitter India Head Manish Maheshwari's Invact Metaversity raises $5 million". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. "Former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari quits co to join education venture". The Indian Express. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  3. Aishwarya Paliwal Nolan Pinto (June 29, 2021). "Twitter vs Centre: Who is Manish Maheshwari and why he is in the news". India Today. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  4. "Manish Maheshwari leaves Flipkart, to be the new CEO of Web18". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. sundarajan, Priya. "Network18 appoints Flipkart's Manish Maheshwari as CEO of Web18". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  6. "Former Flipkart exec from Wharton Business School will lead Twitter in India". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. "Former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari confirms exit, will launch edtech start-up". cnbctv18.com. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
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