About

Durgesh Kaushik is a senior director at Coinbase and a former managing director at Snapchat India and Facebook. He is a problem solver who loves taking businesses from zero to one and beyond. Durgesh has a proven track record of driving growth in a start-up environment and developing world-class growth teams from scratch. Durgesh has held various leadership roles in marketing and growth. He was the marketing head at Infostretch, where he achieved 100%+ growth year/year for two consecutive years. At Facebook EMEA and APAC, he drove 6X and 4X advertiser growth, respectively, in 1.5 years. As the chief marketing officer at Edureka, he achieved 50% revenue growth while cutting marketing costs by half. Durgesh was also the chief marketing officer at BHIVE, where he achieved 100% growth in the number of customers within four months. Durgesh has experience in scaling start-ups. As the co-founder and CEO of Wishfie, he scaled the social-video platform to 150K users and 10 million video views on the platform. He also developed the creator ecosystem, including some of the top MTV stars and digital influencers. Durgesh established an innovative campus ambassador program, reaching over 100 colleges in the country. Wishfie was ranked among the top 10 trending social media apps in India. Durgesh is currently building Snapchat in India and South Asia. He is Snapchat's employee #1 in the country and started Snapchat's India operations in April 2019, setting up the company's first office in India. He is leading Snapchat's expansion, strategy, and growth in India, developing the market and synchronizing various cross-functional initiatives to drive 150% y/y DAU. Durgesh also developed the playbook for international expansion for the company and is the spokesperson for Snap in India. Durgesh holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California and an Engineer's Degree from NSIT. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from DTU. Durgesh has 16.86 years of relevant experience.