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K. Guru Gowrappan
Born
Kumara Guru Gowrappan

1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)
Yahoo

K. Guru Gowrappan is the President of

Overture, and Quixey
.

Early life and education

K. Guru Gowrappan was born in

graduate business school of Dartmouth College.[3]

Career

Guru Gowrappan (left) and other Alibaba Group officials meet with Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi in 2016.

Gowrappan served as global

managing director of Alibaba Group (2015-2018), in charge of international expansion for consumer and enterprise products.[3][4]

He was

Overture, Yahoo!, and led product growth at Quixey (as COO).[2][4][5]

Verizon hired Gowrappan in April 2018 as president and COO of its Oath division[6] (later renamed Verizon Media;[7] as of September 1, 2021, a standalone company named Yahoo).[8] His duties included consumer, revenue operations, and business-to-business marketing.[6][9] He assumed the role of CEO of Verizon Media in October 2018, succeeding Tim Armstrong, the former AOL CEO who oversaw Verizon's consolidation of AOL and Yahoo.[4][10][9]

As part of his plan as CEO of Verizon Media, whose brands include Yahoo and AOL, Gowrappan said the unit would focus on mobile and video products, and revenue from its advertising platforms.

Yahoo Sports with live VR experiences by RYOT.[15] Gowrappan leads Mind Together, a group addressing workplace culture around mental health.[16]

In May 2021,

Yahoo.[8] Gowrappan led the new company in the weeks following the merger until September 27, 2021, when he was succeeded by Jim Lanzone. Gowrappan was named senior advisor to Apollo Global Management.[19]

As of 2021, Gowrappan serves on the board of directors of BNY Mellon and Tech:NYC.[20][21] He has served on the board of directors for One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of Paytm, and is an angel investor and advisor to Indian start-ups.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Krouse, Sarah (January 23, 2019). "Verizon To Lay Off 7% of Media Group". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Kshitij Karundia and Guru Gowrappan: Meet the Indians behind Alibaba's tryst with India". The Economic Times. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Hall, Gina (March 1, 2016). "Two top executives depart from mobile startup Quixey". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Spangler, Todd (September 12, 2018). "Verizon Confirms Oath CEO Tim Armstrong Will Leave at End of 2018". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Lawler, Ryan (January 18, 2013). "Former Zynga 'Fixer' Guru Gowrappan Heads To App Search Startup Quixey As EVP Of Products". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Kafka, Peter (April 18, 2018). "Verizon's Oath has hired a COO from Alibaba, and its top media executive has left". Recode. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Carman, Ashley (November 5, 2018). "Oath will soon be rebranded as Verizon Media Group". The Verge. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Mihalcik, Carrie (September 1, 2021). "Yahoo has a new owner, again". CNET. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Hercher, James (September 13, 2018). "Who Is Guru Gowrappan? New Oath CEO Described As Strong Operator, "Thinking Leader"". Adexchanger. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  10. ^ Al-Muslim, Aisha (September 12, 2018). "Oath CEO Tim Armstrong to Leave the Verizon Unit". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  11. ^ Abril, Danielle (April 25, 2019). "Verizon Media CEO Reveals His Plan For Reviving Struggling Online Business". Fortune. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  12. ^ Toh, Michelle (June 24, 2019). "Verizon is putting shopping at the heart of its media business". CNN Business. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  13. ^ Oakes, Omar (June 25, 2019). "Verizon Media's new CEO banks on 'premium' strategy to turn things around". Campaign. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Verizon Media CEO on Asia Markets, Member-Centric Programs, 5G". Bloomberg News. June 23, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  15. ^ "GuruGowrappan". Variety. 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  16. ^ Mehta, Stephanie (April 15, 2021). "Verizon Media, Snap, Spotify, and Kellogg want to destigmatize mental health at work". Fast Company. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  17. ^ Szalai, Georg (July 21, 2021). "Verizon Loses 62,000 Pay TV, Adds 92,000 Broadband Subs in Quarter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  18. ^ Kazin, Matthew (April 30, 2021). "Verizon sells Yahoo, AOL and media assets to Apollo in $5B deal". Fox Business. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Sherman, Alex (September 10, 2021). "Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be next CEO of Yahoo following Apollo acquisition". CNBC. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  20. ^ "K. Guru Gowrappan". BNY Mellon. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  21. ^ "Board members". Tech:NYC. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  22. ^ Malik, Yuvraj (October 27, 2016). "Paytm names Alibaba's K. Guru Gowrappan as additional director". Mint. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

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