Vijaya Gadde

Corporate Attorney

American Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Quick Info

ProfessionCorporate Attorney
NationalityAmerican
Date of Birth01/01/1974
Age52 years
BirthplaceHyderabad, Telangana, India

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Bio/Wiki

Famous ForBeing the former general counsel and the head of legal, public policy, and trust & safety lead at Twitter

Physical Stats & More

Height165 cm
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorDark Brown

Educational Qualification(s)

Bachelor of ScienceIndustrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1993-1997)
Doctor of JurisprudenceNew York University School of Law, New York (1997-2000)

Personal Life

Emigrated to Beaumont, Texas at age three with her family
Later moved to New Jersey and subsequently to San Francisco, California

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Family

HusbandRamsey Homsany (lawyer and tech executive)
ChildrenRumi
FatherChemical engineer
MotherRamani Gadde
Siblings
  • Kavitha Gadde (younger
  • Kavitha Gadde (younger sister, head of Strategic Publisher Partnerships in America)

Career

Awards, Honours, Achievements
  • Described by Fortune as the most powerful woman on Twitter’s executive team in 2014
  • Described by Politico as 'the most powerful social media executive you’ve never heard of' in 2020
  • Listed in the Badass 50 '2020: Meet the women who are changing the world' by Instyle magazine
Career History
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (nearly a decade, legal roles)
  • Juniper Networks (Senior Director, Legal)
  • Twitter (2011-2022, Legal Director, then General Counsel and Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust & Safety)
  • Mercy Corps (Board Member and Legal Expert)
Notable Roles
  • Led Twitter's legal department from 2013 until the company's acquisition in 2022
  • Handled critical decisions on harassment, misinformation, harmful speech, and content moderation
  • Co-founder of #Angels, an investment collective focused on funding diverse and ambitious founders
TerminationFired by Elon Musk on October 27, 2022, following his acquisition of Twitter, alongside at least three other Twitter executives including the CEO
CompensationReported earnings of approximately $7.3 million in 2020 and $17 million in 2021

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Vijaya Gadde held positions at Twitter as general counsel and head of legal, public policy, and trust & safety lead.
2. She was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, and later moved to Beaumont, Texas, followed by New Jersey.
3. Vijaya Gadde is a co-founder of the investment collective Angels, located in San Francisco.
4. Elon Musk fired Vijaya from her role at Twitter in 2022 for providing misleading information about bots and fake accounts.
5. During her childhood, Vijaya would visit India during summer vacations and had limited books to borrow from the library.
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