Shailesh Rao

Shailesh Rao is a board member of Eros Media World. He was a member of the board of directors of STX Entertainment. He is an advisor to BigSpring. 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 previously served as partner at TPG and head of the Growth Fund and Rise Fund in India and Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2019, vice president of international operations at Twitter from 2012 to 2016, and at Google as vice president in charge of YouTube in Asia Pacific and managing director of Google India from 2005 to 2012. He has served on the board of directors of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a global Fortune 500 real estate services company, as a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company and as a board member of Lighthouse Funds, a private equity firm. Mr. Rao holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a dual degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a BA in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in History with honors.