Aditya Agarwal was born on 30 May 1982 and is a software engineer and customer executive.
16 Facts About Aditya Agarwal
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Aditya Agarwal's father was a chemical engineer, while his mother was a homemaker.
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Aditya Agarwal moved with his family to many countries: Cameroon, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, eventually settling in the United States.
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Aditya Agarwal was interested in computers and programming since a young age, and took programming classes while in Indonesia.
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Aditya Agarwal obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science.
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Zuckerberg, who had started Facebook in 2004, impressed Aditya Agarwal, leading Aditya Agarwal to begin work at Facebook.
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Aditya Agarwal persuaded his former CMU colleague and future wife Ruchi Sanghvi to work at Facebook.
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In October 2016, Aditya Agarwal was promoted from vice president of engineering to chief technology officer, replacing co-founder Arash Ferdowsi.
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In July 2017, Aditya Agarwal announced in a Facebook post that he was leaving Dropbox, while expressing excitement about its trajectory.
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Aditya Agarwal is a partner at South Park Commons Fund, an early-stage venture firm.
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Aditya Agarwal is a partner at ICONIQ Capital, a growth stage venture firm.
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In 2019, Aditya Agarwal announced that he was a senior advisor and chair of the Technology Committee for the upcoming 2022 Fifa Football World Cup in Qatar.
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Aditya Agarwal recently published a book on Technical Hiring and Recruiting.
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Aditya Agarwal was on the board of the Anita Borg Institute, the leading organization advocating for gender equality in the technology workforce.
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Aditya Agarwal serves on the advisory board of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Aditya Agarwal is married to engineer Ruchi Sanghvi, who was his co-worker at Facebook and Dropbox, and co-founder with him of Cove.