Edtech company Byju's has appointed upGrad's former top boss Arjun Mohan as its CEO for international business, according to sources. Byju Raveendran will remain as group CEO and Mrinal Mohit will continue to head the India business, the sources confirmed to PTI. Byju's declined to comment on the development. Mohan was with Byju's for 11 years as its Chief Business Officer before moving on to join Ronnie Screwvala-promoted upGrad as its Chief Executive Officer for India. He resigned from upGrad in December last year.
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Edtech major BYJU'S on Tuesday said its promoters have re-invested the entire amount raised by them through secondary sale of shares in the company. According to private market intelligence firm PrivateCircle Research, BYJU's promoters -- Byju Raveendran, Divya Gokulnath and Riju Ravindran -- have together sold shares worth around USD 408.53 million in 40 secondary transactions since 2015. "The promoters of BYJU'S have reinvested the entire amounts raised from secondary sales into the business for purposes of scaling it over the years," BYJU'S said in a statement. The statement came in the backdrop of the report of the intelligence firm. PrivateCircle said Raveendran holds 15.90 per cent, whereas Divya Gokulnath and Riju Ravindran have 3.32 per cent and 1.99 per cent, respectively. "Promoters' shareholding in the company has been gradually dropping since 2016. First significant drop was between 2015-2016, when the promoters stake dipped from 71.6 per cent to 54.7 per cent and lat
This has taken the promoter shareholding in Byju's to 21.2 per cent currently from 71.6 per cent in 2015-16
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According to a media report by ET Now, Byju's parent firm Think & Learn is planning to sell almost 20 per cent stake in the company
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