Sriram Krishnan is an

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investor and partner at the

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firm

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. His investments include Atlys, and he serves on the boards of companies including

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. He previously led product teams at

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, and

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. He rose to additional prominence in 2021 for leading the ''Good Time Show''

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(now YouTube) chat show with his wife that has featured

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, and

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, as well as Steve Balmer calling from his hot tub. In early 2022,

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reported that WME was representing the "tech power couple" of Krishnan and spouse Aarthi Ramamurthy in film and television projects, as well as additional podcasting work. In 2022, Krishnan announced that he was working with Elon Musk on the rebuilding of Twitter following Musk's acquisition of the company. A 2022 ''

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'' report published rumors that Krishnan would be selected as the next CEO of Twitter.

Early life and education

Krishan was born in

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, in a middle-income

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family. His life changed in the late 1990s when he managed to persuade his father to buy him a computer. As he still did not have internet access, Krishan would buy coding books and practice coding basics every night. This prompted him to pursue a career in information technology. He earned his Bachelor's in Information Technology from SRM Engineering College, Anna University (2001-2005).

Career

Early career

In 2007, he began working at Microsoft where he served as a program manager for

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. At Facebook, Krishnan built the Facebook Audience Network, a competitive platform to Google’s ad technologies. At Snap, he built the company’s ad tech platform shortly before its

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. He then joined Twitter, where he served as senior director of product and contributed to the core user experience, driving a 20% annual user growth rate and launching a redesigned home page and events experience.

''Good Time Show''

In early 2021, Krishnan and his wife, Aarthi Ramamurthy, launched a Clubhouse talk show that “focuses on organic conversations on anything from startups to venture capitalism and cryptocurrencies." An early appearance by Elon Musk on the ''Good Time Show'' was described as the first show that “broke Clubhouse” by rapidly exceeding the limit of 5,000 simultaneous users. The desire to interact with a larger community led to a variety of later innovations to allow streaming and replaying of Clubhouse chats. On that episode, Elon Musk grilled Robinhood CEO

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regarding the

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trading controversy. As of December 2021, the show had over 187,000 subscribers, plus 735,000 subscribers between Krishnan and Ramamurthy's personal Clubhouse accounts. During Krishnan’s interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg described augmented and virtual reality as the future of work, alluding to the then-unannounced

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concept. Additional guests have included

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, and

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; other topics have included emerging issues such as ConstitutionDAO. In 2022, the ''Good Time Show'' moved to YouTube.

Andreessen Horowitz

Krishnan was appointed a general partner of American venture capital firm

(“a16z”) in February 2021. He is anticipated to serve consumer and social markets, however he has also theorized on the impact of “deep tech” on society. His investments through a16z include Atlys.

Twitter

In 2022, various news media reported that Krishnan was assisting Elon Musk in the revamp of Twitter following Musk's takeover of the company.

Personal life

Krishnan is married to Aarthi Ramamurthy, co-host of the ''Good Time Show'' and a serial entrepreneur. They met in college in 2003 through a Yahoo! chat room related to a coding project and began dating in 2006. They live in

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References

External links

The Good Time Show
(YouTube)
Official website of The Good Time Show
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