Karthik Krishnan is an Indian-American business executive and the former global

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(CEO) of Britannica Group. He is an

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at the Stern School of Business, New York University. An NACD-certified board director, Karthik was profiled by the ''Financial Times'' Agenda Week in their Diversity 100 publication.

Early life and education

Krishnan was born and raised in

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. He did his schooling at G.K Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Ambattur, and T.I. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ambattur. He went to

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and graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in engineering. In 2006, he received his master's degree in business administration from Stern School of Business, New York.

Career

Krishnan joined ''

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'' in November 2017. He introduced Britannica Insights, a

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browser extension, and then Britannica School Insights, which supplied comparable content for subscribers of ''Britannica''s online classroom solutions and a partnership with

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on various conspiracy theories at the platform. Krishnan has also authored and published articles on various technology and education-based topics.

References

External links

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