Shailesh Rao

Shailesh Rao General Information

Biography

Mr. Shailesh Rao serves as a Board Member at STX Entertainment. He serves Board Member at Eros Media World. He serves as Advisor at Rizzle. He serves as an Advisor at BigSpring. He served as an Advisor at Venture Highway. Previously, he served as a Partner at TPG and Head of the Growth Fund and Rise Fund for India and Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2019, as Vice President for International Operations at Twitter from 2012 to 2016, and at Google as Vice President in charge of YouTube for the Asia Pacific and Managing Director of Google India from 2005 to 2012. He has two decades of experience in the technology sector, including involvement in the launch and early growth of significant consumer technology platforms and as an investor and mentor to technology companies including Moglix, BigSpring, and Omaze. He has served on the board of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a Fortune 500 global real estate services company, as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, and as a member of the CEO Council of Lighthouse Funds, a private equity firm. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and dual degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business, and a B.A. in History with Honors.