Meta India head Ajit Mohan quits to join rival Snap as President
Ajit Mohan, head of Meta India has resigned from the company. According to the report, he is joining rival company Snap Inc. At the company, Ajit will serve as the President of APAC Business.
Ajit joined Meta (formerly named Facebook) India in 2019 as VP and MD. He had done a lot to increase the user base of both WhatsApp and Instagram. Before that, he worked as the chief executive officer of Star India’s video streaming service Hotstar for four years.
Ajit Mohan
vice president and managing director of Meta India.
- Born – 1974/1975 (age 47–48) – Kochi, Kerala, India
- Nationality – Indian
- Alma mater – Nanyang Technological UniversityPaul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins UniversityWharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
- Employer – Meta India
- Organizations – Internet and Mobile Association of IndiaMuseum of Art & Photography
A Meta spokesperson told Reuters that Mohan has stepped down with immediate effect and Meta India director and head of partnerships Manish Chopra will take over as interim chief. According to the report, Ajit Mohan is now preparing to join Snap Inc. Let us tell you that Snapchat has been very popular in America for a long time, but in India, Snapchat is becoming quite popular for the last few months.
According to reports, Ajit Mohan will lead Snap’s businesses in India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Korea. Meta Global Business Group Head has said in a statement, ‘Ajit Mohan has resigned from Meta and now he is moving elsewhere. He has played an important role in India’s Meta business operation for the last four years.
During Ajit Mohan’s tenure at Meta India, 300 million users were added to Facebook’s family apps – such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. Ajit Mohan has made a strategic partnership with Jio during his tenure and under this, the company has also invested 5.7 billion dollars in Reliance Jio platforms.
“Over the last four years, he has played an important role in shaping and scaling our India operations so they can serve many millions of Indian businesses, partners and people. We remain deeply committed to India and have a strong leadership team in place to carry on all our work and partnerships. We are grateful for Ajit’s leadership and contributions and wish him the best for the future,” Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President of Global Business Group at Meta, said in a statement.
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