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[[Image:Kul_Wadhwa_May_2008.JPG|right|300px]]Kul (pronounced “cool”) Takanao Wadhwa is the Wikimedia Foundation’s Head of Business Development since January 3, 2008. |
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Kul joins us from Stanford University, where he was the business and partnerships manager. He has more than a decade of management and business development experience, including senior roles at a variety of high-tech start-ups such as CyberTrust Japan, B.U.G., and Pangea2, where he worked on deals throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Kul has also done economic research at the nonprofit global policy think tank the RAND Corporation, and has worked in TV (NBC) and in the videogame and digital animation industry (Satelight, Japan). |
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| full name = Kul Takanao Wadhwa |
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| image name = Kul Wadhwa May 2008.JPG |
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Kul has an M.A. in international policy studies and a B.A. in political science, both from Stanford. He speaks Japanese, as well as some Portuguese and Spanish. He's been a volunteer with nonprofits aimed at helping at-risk youth and homeless people, and is a frequent user of the Wikimedia projects, particularly Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and |
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| hover text = Kul Wadhwa, All-Purpose Ninja |
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Wikiversity. |
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| job title = Head of Mobile & Business Development |
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| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
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Kul’s job will be to develop and execute the Foundation's business development strategy. He'll identify and develop deals with for-profit companies, particularly where those deals help us make the projects' materials available to more people, in more ways, around the world. Business development at a nonprofit is all about putting together deals that bring in money while simultaneously advancing the mission: I am confident Kul can do that for us. |
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| short quote = ''“Two monkeys don't make an orangutan.”'' |
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| about me = I joined WMF in 2007 right when it first established itself in San Francisco and started in January 2008. |
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| about my work = I'm leading our Mobile stuff to increase access to Wikipedia, with a focus on developing countries (emerging markets, global south, whatever jargon you prefer). I'm also in charge of anything related to business development |
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| contact me = |
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* E-mail: Kul{{@}}wikimedia.org |
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* On Meta-Wiki as [[m:User:Kul|Kul]] in my staff role |
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kulwadhwa LinkedIn] |
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* [//twitter.com/thekulway thekulway] on Twitter |
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 28 November 2021
 | This person no longer works for the Wikimedia Foundation. Current staff and contractors » This is the user page of a user who was a member of the Wikimedia Foundation staff or served as a contractor to the Foundation. In order to maintain a historical record, this page has not been deleted. However, any contact information below may be incorrect, as this user is no longer employed at the Foundation. |
Kul Takanao Wadhwa
Head of Mobile & Business Development, Wikimedia Foundation
“Two monkeys don't make an orangutan.”
About me
I joined WMF in 2007 right when it first established itself in San Francisco and started in January 2008.
My work
I'm leading our Mobile stuff to increase access to Wikipedia, with a focus on developing countries (emerging markets, global south, whatever jargon you prefer). I'm also in charge of anything related to business development
Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.
