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
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]
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.
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^"Jetsynthesys acquires majority stake in Fanory, hires former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari". The Economic Times. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^Chaturvedi, Anumeha. "Twitter India: Twitter appoints Manish Maheshwari as new India MD". The Economic Times. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
^Jalan, Trisha (April 22, 2019). "Network18 Digital CEO Manish Maheshwari joins Twitter India as MD". MediaNama. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
^"Former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari quits co to join education venture". The Indian Express. December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^Bureau, BL Bengaluru (February 21, 2022). "Former Twitter India Head Manish Maheshwari's Invact Metaversity raises $5 mn". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
^"JetSynthesys acquires majority stake in Fanory - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^Abrar, Peerzada. "Startup txtWeb may cross 1 billion Indian users in 5 years". The Economic Times. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
^US 8566408, Shah, Manish R.; Nielsen, Clinton & Maheshwari, Manish et al., "Method and system for providing a stateful experience while accessing content using a global textsite platform", published 2013-10-22, assigned to Intuit Inc.
^"TextWeb". Mobile for Development. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference :10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^@manishm (August 15, 2021). "Register" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^Maheshwari, Manish Maheshwari, Priya (June 1, 2020), Taking the Path Less Travelled, retrieved November 25, 2022{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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