Shailesh Rao, managing director (media &platforms) at Google's Asia-Pacific operations, has left the world's biggest Internet search company to set up Twitter's international business.
A Google India spokeswoman confirmed that Friday was Rao's last day. "We thank Shailesh for his fantastic contributions to Google and Google India, in particular, and wish him the best in his future endeavours," the spokeswoman added.
Rao, 41, will join Twitter as vice-president for its international operations. For Twitter, the micro-blogging site that competes with other social media networks such as Facebook, growing operations in the markets outside the US will help it garner revenues from advertisers in Asia and elsewhere.
Last month, Twitter said it had added a new feature to censor tweets, or 140-character posts, on a country-by-country basis, drawing criticism from some of its 100 million-odd global users.
Rao, a Wharton graduate, relocated to lead Google's India operations in March 2007 from the company's California headquarters, where he served as a director for the search business.
Rao has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, a BS from the Wharton School with a concentration in finance, and an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management.
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