Rashmi Sinha
Rashmi Sinha | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Occupation | Businesswoman, CEO |
Employer | SlideShare |
Spouse | Jonathan Boutelle |
Awards | Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs (Fortune) |
Website | SlideShare |
Rashmi Sinha is an Indian businesswoman and CEO of San Francisco-based technology company SlideShare. In 2012, Fortune 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 Web 2.0 by Fast Company.[1] In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.[2]
Early life and education
Rashmi Sinha was born in Lucknow, India, grew up in India, and earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology at Brown University. 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 for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.
She also earned an M.A. and a B.A. in Psychology from Allahabad University.[3]
Business career
She then left academia at the University of California to start her own user-experience consultancy. Deciding that she enjoyed practical problems more, she co-founded Uzanto, a user experience consulting company and worked on projects for companies like eBay, Blue Shield, AAA etc. Her first foray into products was with MindCanvas (a game-like software for customer research) released in November 2005.
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 2012.[4][5]
Personal life
Sinha is married to Jonathan Boutelle, who is the co-founder and Chief technology officer of SlideShare.[6][7] They live in San Francisco.[8]
In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.[1][9]
Management philosophy
Rashmi writes about social software and entrepreneurship at her blog; Rashmisinha.com. She is involved in the HCI community, was one of the founding members of the Information Architecture Society, and co-chairs the monthly BayCHI talk series.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "SlideShare - Founders". Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Global Indian Women: Top 20 India-born & globally successful women from business and arts". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "StackPath". asiainc500.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ "Rashmi Sinha, brother Amit Ranjan sell world's largest slide-sharing site SlideShare to LinkedIn.com for Rs 640 cr". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ a b "About". Rashmisinha.com. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ Gannes, Liz (3 May 2012). "LinkedIn Buys SlideShare For $119M While Beating Earnings Expectations". Mobile Apps News. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Chang, Angie (4 May 2012). "Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Sinha, Rashmi. "About". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Indian-origin Rashmi Sinha in Playboy's 'sexiest CEOs' list". The Indian Express Limited. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
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