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Cherian Thomas, senior vice president for international business at BYJU, has left the company and will now serve as the company’s CEO for Impending, a US-based startup. According to a statement from Impending Inc, Thomas will concentrate on expanding and increasing the product range in his role as CEO. He will also work to strengthen and expand the worldwide talent pool. No answer was received to a letter addressed to BYJU’S. While confirming Thomas’ departure, a source from BYJU’S made no mention of who will take over as manager.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Cherian Thomas to the team. Impending co-founder Phill Ryu said, “We have persuaded each other that we are going to make it happen together because we have a goal of building innovative apps with pop culture potential without compromise.
According to the press announcement, Thomas, who is credited with being the driving force behind BYJU’s entry into the American market, was also in charge of directing operations at Osmo, a BYJU subsidiary, which generated over $100 million (about Rs. 830 crore) in revenue in FY21. In response to the announcement, he was credited with creating the international organization at BYJU’S back in 2017 when he joined as the company’s first foreign employee.
After selling the VC-backed firm to the Japanese conglomerate Cookpad in 2016, Thomas co-founded the culinary blogging site Cucumbertown in 2012. He worked for Zynga until their IPO in 2011, making him one of the company’s first employees. The developer of the Heads Up and Here Kitty video games as well as the listing app Clear is called Impending.
