Anand Chandrasekaran

Anand Chandrasekaran is a technology executive, entrepreneur and investor. He has held senior product leadership roles at companies including Yahoo, Bharti Airtel, Snapdeal, Facebook Messenger and Five9.

Early life and career

Chandrasekaran studied electronics and communication engineering at PSG College of Technology in Tamil Nadu, India. He later earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, specialising in networking and communications.
Chandrasekaran served as Chief Product Officer at Bharti Airtel, where he led product design and strategy across mobile, digital and broadband services.
He later became Chief Product Officer at Snapdeal, contributing to its transition toward a mobile-first e-commerce platform and working on search, logistics experience and user engagement.
Chandrasekaran joined the Facebook Messenger team as Director of Product, working on messaging features, communication tools for users and businesses, and chat-based interaction models.
He subsequently served as Executive Vice President of Product Management at Five9, overseeing enterprise product roadmaps, customer experience tools and early initiatives in AI-assisted contact center technologies.