Rashmi Sinha

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Rashmi Sinha is an Indian American businesswoman who is known for co-founding SlideShare.

Early life and education

Rashmi Sinha was born in Lucknow, India into a wealthy family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/editos-analyses/rashmi-sinha-la-reine-de-lexperience-utilisateur-136357 |title=Rashmi Sinha, la reine de l'expérience utilisateur |trans-title=Rashmi Sinha, the queen of user experience |first=Tristan |last=Gaston-Breton |date=14 August 2018 |website=Les Echos }} She studied psychology at Allahabad University, where she earned a B.A. and M.A. in psychology.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://asiainc500.com/meet-rashmi-sinha-founder-of-slideshare/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=asiainc500.com|date=23 October 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/tech/2014/Apr/06/meet-rashmi-sinha-ceo-of-slideshare-594953.html|title=Meet Rashmi Sinha, CEO of Slideshare|first=From Our Online|last=Archives|date=4 April 2014|website=The New Indian Express}} Later, she moved to the United States and attended Brown University, where she earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/20110401/the-way-i-work-rashmi-sinha-of-slideshare.html |title=The Way I Work: Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare |first=Liz |last=Welch |date=1 April 2011 |website=Inc.}} There, Rashmi took computer science courses with Andy van Dam, so she had some exposure to the HCI (human-computer interaction) way of thinking. She took a course in designing educational software. Rashmi Sinha went to University of California, Berkeley for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.

Career

She then left academia at the University of California and later co-founded Uzanto. Simultaneously, Rashmi and her husband, with the help of her older brother Amit Ranjan, built SlideShare, a site for people to share presentations online, in just six months. Since its launch in 2006, more than 9 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare, helping professionals connect through content. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for over $100 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=100000000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in 2012.{{Cite news|title=Rashmi Sinha, brother Amit Ranjan sell world's largest slide-sharing site SlideShare to LinkedIn.com for Rs 640 cr|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/rashmi-sinha-brother-amit-ranjan-sell-worlds-largest-slide-sharing-site-slideshare-to-linkedin-com-for-rs-640-cr/articleshow/13001307.cms|access-date=2021-01-22}}

Personal life

Sinha is married to Jonathan Boutelle, who is the co-founder and Chief technology officer of SlideShare.{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Angie |title=Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder |url=http://www.women2.com/female-founders-to-watch-literally-married-to-your-co-founder/ |accessdate=28 May 2012 |date=4 May 2012}} They live in San Francisco.{{cite web |last=Sinha |first=Rashmi |title=About |url=http://rashmisinha.com/about/ |accessdate=28 May 2012}}

Sinha had 2 sons Rohan Boutelle and Vikram Boutelle who are twins who were born in the year 2012.

Recognition

In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |title=SlideShare - Founders |accessdate=12 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711042957/http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |archivedate=11 July 2014}}{{cite news |publisher=The Indian Express Limited |title=Indian-origin Rashmi Sinha in Playboy's 'sexiest CEOs' list |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indianorigin-rashmi-sinha-in-playboys-sexiest-ceos-list/463784/ |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=23 May 2009}}

In 2012, Fortune named her No. 8 on its Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/global-indian-women-top-20-india-born-globally-successful-women-from-business-and-arts/articleshow/45745323.cms |title=Global Indian Women: Top 20 India-born & globally successful women from business and arts |publisher=The Economic Times |date=5 January 2015 |accessdate=30 November 2017}}