An Indian-origin technology executive, Sriram Krishnan, is “helping out” Twitter's new owner and multi-billionaire Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the entrepreneur. Krishnan is a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Krishnan tweeted, “Now that the word is out: I'm helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. I (and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have a great impact on the world and Elon is the person to make it happen.”
He 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!.” According to his profile on Andreessen Horowitz's website, Krishnan invests in early-stage consumer startups and serves on the boards of enterprises Bitski, Hopin, and Polywork.
Before joining a16z, Krishnan held numerous senior product roles and most recently, he “led core consumer teams at Twitter where he was responsible for products including the home timeline, new user experience, search, discovery, and audience growth”, his profile said.
According to his profile, he previously established and directed a number of mobile ad products for Facebook and Snap, including the Facebook Audience Network, one of the biggest networks for display advertising, and Snap's Direct Response advertisements business. He started his career at Microsoft where he touched numerous projects related to Windows Azure.
Last week, Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and fired chief executive Parag Agrawal, legal executive Vijaya Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett.
