Former Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly, who quit the company after a 4-year stint, has joined Times Global Partners, as its CEO.
Jaitly took to Twitter, to announce his appointment at Times Global, which is a US-based business division of Times Internet.
Today, I'm excited to share I'll soon be joining Bennett Coleman and the Times Group, India's largest media company, as CEO of @TimesGlobal!
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
Jaitly was serving as the country head and then as vice-president, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, at Twitter, before he quit the micro-blogging site on 1 November. At the new company, Jaitly will be responsible for managing various strategic partnership Times Internet has inked with companies including Uber, Airbnb, Coursera, Vice, Huffington Post, and Willow TV.
In a series of tweets, he said:
At @TimesGlobal, we'll invest in & partner with world-class tech/media companies to help them realize their India opportunity more fully.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
We'll build on the success Bennett Coleman & @TimesInternet have had partnering with @uber @Airbnb @coursera @VICE @HuffingtonPost & others.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
India is the world. Every element of the human condition, every wave of civic change, every business possibility exists in India at scale.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
To win India is to win everywhere. No matter your story/cause/business, success in India begets success everywhere, esp in the Global South.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
I’m looking forward to bridging the best ideas from the world's entrepreneurial centers into India and to sharing insights back to the world
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 16, 2016
