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Akshay Kothari
Founder of Notion
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Akshay Kothari is the Co-Founder of Notion, a highly successful venture, and previously held key leadership roles at LinkedIn, including VP Product and Head of LinkedIn India. He has a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University.
Kothari's career highlights include co-founding LinkedIn Pulse and leading product development at LinkedIn, showcasing his expertise in user-centered design, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships. His current role as Co-Founder of Notion demonstrates his continued success in building innovative products and driving business growth.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2018 - Current
Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.
Raised $343,199,697.00 from Coatue, Shine Capital and Sequoia Capital.
VP Product, Head of LinkedIn India
2016 - 2018
Country Manager for LinkedIn's second biggest market, with 50+ million members and 1000+ employees. Responsible for international R&D teams (China, Japan, Germany, India)
Product Lead
2013 - 2015
Product lead for major content initiatives at Linkedin, including Pulse, Publishing Platform and Influencer program
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Co-Founder/CEO
2010 - 2013
Pulse was an award-winning application for iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. It gave users the opportunity to access their favorite content—from traditional news sources to blogs to social networks—all in one beautiful interface. Pulse had been named to Apple's App Store Hall of Fame, chosen as an Android Editor's Choice app, selected as one of TIME's top 50 iPhone apps of 2011, and honored with the Apple Design Award. Pulse was acquired by LinkedIn in 2013 for $90 million.
Pulse is a news reading app that provides users with news from multiple RSS feeds on a single interface.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Lerer Hippeau, New Enterprise Associates, Greycroft and SV Angel.
Analyst
2007 - 2008
Intern
2006 - 2006
Intern
2005 - 2005
Education
Master of Science (MS)
2008 - 2010
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2003 - 2007