Ganesh Krishnan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of TutorVista, acquired by Pearson for $213 million.
  • Promoter of multiple successful startups in various sectors.
  • Adjunct Professor at prestigious Indian business schools.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in Consumer Internet and Education sectors.

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AnalyticsBPOBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness StrategyCRMConsultingEducational TechnologyEntrepreneurshipFundingFundraisingLeadershipManagementManagement Consulting

About

Serial Entrepreneur and Promoter - Consumer Internet , Healthcare, Education and Tech companies Promoter director - BigBasket.com, Portea Medical, HomeLane, HouseJoy , Hygiene BigBytes, Bluestone, FreshMenu, HungerBox , ClearOut.io, Verloop.io, Bahaar Foundation and others. Adjunct Professor - Indian Institute of Management , Bangalore Ex Member Board of Governors , Indian Institute of Management , Calcutta Till February 2013 , Founder and CEO of TutorVista In January 2011 , Pearson , World's largest education services company acquired TutorVista for $ 213 MM. Bahaar Foundation - NGO focussed on micro entrepreneurship as a means to empower poor. Four successful entrepreneurship experiences - starting with raising money, putting together a team, scaling and growing across multiple countries and finally successfully monetising through IPO and trade sale. - IT&T ( acquired by iGate) , CustomerAsset ( Acquitred by ICICI) , Marketics ( Acquired by WNS ) and TutorVista ( acquired by Pearson) Also worked in corporate sector for some time including CEO position at British Telecom joint venture. Angel investor - select startups in Internet and tech sector - Oto Capital, Vogo, Dealshare, silverpush, littleyelabs, Browntape, HackerEarth, Delyver etc

Experience

Indian school of business

Visiting Professor

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Indian institute of management bangalore

Adjunct Professor

Sep 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Bahaarfoundation.org

Trustee - Bahaar Foundation

Mar 2020Present · 6 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Growthstory

Partner - Growthstory.in

Feb 2013Present · 13 yrs 1 mo

Growthstory.in - venture builder platform

Promoter -BigBasket, Portea Medical, HomeLane, Verloop.io, Bluestone, FreshMenu ,HungerBox, Housejoy

Jul 2011Present · 14 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Growthstory.in is a venture builder entrepreneurship platform that promotes new age companies in Internet, Technology, Education and Consumer space by working with stellar founders and entrepreneurs.

Tutorvista global pvt. ltd

Founder and CEO

Jan 2006Feb 2013 · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • Founded TutorVista and was CEO till exit to Pearson in February 2013.

Marketics

Advisor & Board member

Jan 2004Jul 2007 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Promoter,Investor , mentor / advisor and Board Chairman till acquisition by NASDAQ listed WNS

Firstsource / icici onesource / customerasset

Founder & CEO/ PRESIDENT

Apr 2000Oct 2003 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Founder and CEO of CustomerAsset, responsible for company formation, fund raising and day-to-day operations of the company. Post acquisition by ICICI, served as President - responsible for contact center business of ICICI Onesource. The company is renamed FirstSource and is part of Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies .

Bharti british telecom

CEO

Jan 1998Mar 2000 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • As CEO , was responsible for the Joint venture reporting to the Board of Directors from bpoth parent companies

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

MBA — Management

Jan 1983Jan 1985

Delhi College of Engineering , Delhi University

B.Tech — Mechanical Engineering

Jun 1977Apr 1982

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