Karthik Krishnan
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality
  • Indian
  • American
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • professor

Karthik Krishnan is an Indian-American business executive and the former global chief executive officer (CEO) of Britannica Group.[1][2] He is an adjunct professor at the Stern School of Business, New York University.[3] An NACD-certified board director,[4] Karthik was profiled by the Financial Times' Agenda Week in their Diversity 100 publication.[5]

Early life and education

Krishnan was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling at G.K Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Ambattur, and T.I. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ambattur. He went to Coimbatore Institute of Technology 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

He started his career as a software engineer working on emerging internet applications and then moved on to work as a digital strategy and transformation consultant for Rodale, Inc.

In 2006, Krishnan joined RELX (formerly Reed Elsevier) as Vice President of Interactive Media and Sales. He then went on to lead the channel at Elsevier, Inc. as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Global Pharma Business and e-commerce, and finally led its Global Clinical Reference & Workflow business.

He joined Britannica in November 2017.[6][7][8] He introduced Britannica Insights, a Google Chrome browser extension,[9] and then Britannica School Insights,[10] which supplied comparable content for subscribers of Britannica’s online classroom solutions and a partnership with YouTube on various conspiracy theories at the platform.[11]  

Krishnan has also authored and published articles on various technology and education-based topics.[12]

Published articles

World Economic Forum

Forbes

The Hill

IMD

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Cauz Named CEO of the Britannica Group" (Press release). Encyclopedia Britannica Group. 11 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jorge Cauz". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Karthik Krishnan". www.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "NACD Certified Directors". NACD Certification.
  5. ↑ "The Diversity 100" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Indian-American Karthik Krishnan appointed CEO of Encyclopedia Britannica Group". www.connectedtoindia.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Trueman, Charlotte (29 April 2019). "Encyclopedia Britannica CEO explains how he works with his CTO and CPO". CIO. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Indian American Karthik Krishnan Named Global CEO of Encyclopaedia Britannica Group". India West. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Vizard, Michael (3 February 2020). "Concentric Applies Deep Learning Algorithms to Data Security". Security Boulevard. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "How does Britannica remain relevant after 250 years in business?". WGN Radio 720 - Chicago's Very Own. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Karthik Krishnan, Official Member of Forbes Councils". Forbes Councils. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Addressing the curriculum needs and challenges of new Ofsted Inspection framework". FE News. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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