Rashmi Sinha is an Indian American businesswoman who is known for co-founding SlideShare.

Early life and education

Rashmi Sinha was born in

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into a wealthy family. She studied

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Allahabad University The University of Allahabad is a Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). It is the 4th oldest mode ...

, where she earned a B.A. and M.A. in psychology. Later, she moved to the United States and attended

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, where she earned a PhD in

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. There, Rashmi took computer science courses with Andy van Dam, so she had some exposure to the HCI (human-computer interaction) way of thinking. She took a course in designing educational software. Rashmi Sinha went to

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.

Career

She then left academia at the University of California and later co-founded Uzanto. Simultaneously, Rashmi and her husband, with the help of her older brother Amit Ranjan, built SlideShare, a site for people to share presentations online, in just six months. Since its launch in 2006, more than 9 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare, helping professionals connect through content. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for over $100 million (~$ in ) in 2012.

Personal life

Sinha is married to Jonathan Boutelle, who is the co-founder and Chief technology officer of SlideShare. They live in San Francisco. Sinha had 2 sons Rohan Boutelle and Vikram Boutelle who are twins who were born in the year 2012.

Recognition

In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by ''

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''. In 2012, ''

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'' named her No. 8 on its Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in

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by ''

''. In January 2015, ''

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'' listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.

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