Ananya Tripathi, the CEO of online tutoring firm WhiteHat Jr., has reportedly resigned from the fully-owned subsidiary of Byju's. She is said to be moving on to a new opportunity.
As mentioned in the report, Ananya Tripathi has been on maternity leave since May. She joined in April 2022.
Byju's, the Bengaluru-headquartered India's most-valued startup, acquired the Karan Bajaj-founded code learning platform WhiteHat Jr. in August 2020 in a cash deal worth $300 million (approximately ₹2500 crore).
Bajaj continued as the CEO of WhiteHat Jr. until August 2021, when he left the company. He was succeeded by Trupti Mukker, an executive from Byju's, and then by Ananya Tripathi.
Here are some of the key points:
Byju acquired WhiteHat Jr. in August 2020.
The deal was worth $300 million.
Karan Bajaj was the CEO of WhiteHat Jr. at the time of the acquisition.
He left the company in August 2021.
He was succeeded by Trupti Mukker.
Ananya Tripathi then took over as CEO.