1. Mahesh Murthy was born on 11 September 1965 and is an Indian marketer, entrepreneur, and investor.
12 Facts About Mahesh Murthy
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Mahesh Murthy is the founder of the digital agency Pinstorm.
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Mahesh Murthy was born and raised in a Tamil Brahmin family.
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Mahesh Murthy's father served in the Indian Army and retired as a colonel.
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Mahesh Murthy worked for the advertising agency FCB and Grey Advertising in India, where he won multiple advertising awards for his work on HCL, Network and other clients.
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Mahesh Murthy then went moved from advertising to e-commerce, as vice president of marketing for iCat, the Seattle-based publisher of e-commerce software that was acquired by Intel.
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In 2000, Murthy founded an angel fund, Passionfund, which funded companies such as Compassbox, Tulleeho, WebDunia, Geodesic and EBSDirect.
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Mahesh Murthy was an entrepreneur-in-residence at global business school INSEAD, where he taught entrepreneurship.
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Mahesh Murthy was chosen as a "LinkedIn Power Profile" for India in 2012.
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Mahesh Murthy was chosen as a "Top Writer" by Quora in 2014.
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Mahesh Murthy opposed the Facebook Free Basics plan in India for free browsing offered to poor people only on sites approved by Facebook, which he termed "digital colonization".
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Mahesh Murthy has recently announced his investments in the new space ecosystem.