Rishi Jaitly

Rishi Jaitly is the Professor of Practice and Distinguished Humanities Fellow at Virginia Tech. Rishi Jaitly is CEO of Times Bridge, the U.S.'s largest venture firm bringing the world's best ideas to India and Asia. The firm's portfolio includes Airbnb, Coursera, Girl Effect, Headspace, Houzz, Malaria No More, MUBI, Smule, Wattpad and Uber, among others. Jaitly is the former Vice President, Asia Pacific/Middle East for Twitter. Earlier, Jaitly was the Managing Director of Twitter India, the Head of Public/Private Partnerships for Google/YouTube India, a speechwriter for Google Chairman/CEO Eric Schmidt and a Director of the Knight Foundation and College Summit. He's the co-founder of Michigan Corps (an online service platform for Michiganders everywhere), Kiva Detroit (America's first peer-to-peer microlending initiative) and the BMe Community (now America's largest digital storytelling/leadership network by/for black males who lead in their hometowns). Rishi is a former Trustee of Princeton University and Commissioner of Higher Education in New Jersey and presently; he's presently a Board member of Princeton AlumniCorps, the United Way of Greater Charlottesville and Virginia Humanities. A resident of Charlottesville, Rishi has a Bachelor's Degree in History and a Certificate in American Studies from Princeton University.