Who is Rahul
Roy-Chowdhury,
the new Indian-origin CEO of Grammarly?

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Grammarly announces
new CEO

Grammarly, the San Francisco-based company that provides AI based assistance in writing English including grammar, spelling, punctuation and plagiarism check, announced Indian-origin Rahul Roy-Chowdhury as its new CEO from May 1, 2023 [{ "selector": ".sqclz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 427px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".gxtwc-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".wzfkc-a", "duration": "1500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Indian-American Rahul
Roy-Chowdhury is
Grammarly's new CEO

Currently, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury is the Global Head of Product at Grammarly. He will assume the role of CEO beginning May 1, 2023 [{ "selector": ".japud-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 474px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".wlnnm-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

'We’re now at an
inflection point’

Brad Hoover, the current CEO of Grammarly, in a blog shared, "We’re now at an inflection point for our product and business." He added that a new era of leadership can help drive this inflection [{ "selector": ".gedcb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 463px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".fmfpd-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Brad Hoover passes on
the baton to Chowdhury

Brad Hoover announced, “After twelve years at the helm of Grammarly, I am passing the baton to our current Global Head of Product, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, who will become CEO on May 1” [{ "selector": ".iwzgx-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".qedmx-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Who is Rahul
Roy-Chowdhury?

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, who joined Grammarly about two years back, was previously vice president of product management at Google, where he had worked for 14 years in different roles, according to his LinkedIn profile [{ "selector": ".uujrf-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 449px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".bawpx-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury: Education

He has an MBA degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MS in computer science from Columbia University and BA in mathematics from Hamilton College [{ "selector": ".nowqi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 451px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".jkowu-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Grammarly's new CEO
Rahul Roy-Chowdhury

Taking to his social media, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury said that he joined Grammarly two years ago "because of a deep belief in our mission to improve lives by improving communication" [{ "selector": ".aasnl-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 460px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".stzmg-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

'Our millions of users
remain our north star’

"I’m honoured to serve that mission in a new capacity as Grammarly’s CEO, starting May 1. Our millions of users remain our north star as we continue solving their real communication challenges," wrote Rahul Roy-Chowdhury [{ "selector": ".lwwpn-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 449px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".gtnsj-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".xtxli-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury
thanks Brad Hoover

Rahul Roy also thanked the current CEO Brad Hoover for his leadership over the last 12 years and described it as an "epic run" [{ "selector": ".leodm-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 474px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".pqxeu-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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Who is Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, the new Indian-origin CEO of Grammarly?

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Grammarly announces new CEO

Indian-American Rahul Roy-Chowdhury is Grammarly's new CEO

'We’re now at an inflection point’

Brad Hoover passes on the baton to Chowdhury

Who is Rahul Roy-Chowdhury?