Clubhouse hires Facebook’s Aarthi Ramamurthy as Head of International

Clubhouse, an invite-only social audio app, has roped in former Facebook executive Aarthi Ramamurthy as Head of International. Recently, the startup hired Google veteran Justin Uberti as head of streaming technology.

Clubhouse also appointed TED’s head of conferences Kelly Stoetzel as its head of thought leadership last week, leading the company’s efforts to bring “thoughtful people”—including authors, scientists and academics—onto the app as well as work with prominent people already on the platform.

Prior to this role, Ramamurthy was leading the product efforts at Facebook’s communities product group, responsible for helping people build healthy, sustainable communities on the platform. She was also the product lead for creator monetisation at the social media firm, responsible for building payments infrastructure and experiences for creators including its tipping feature Facebook Stars. Before this, Ramamurthy had stints at Netflix and Microsoft.

“Coming from India, I’m excited to bring a different perspective, and work with the small + mighty, exceptional team that @pdavison and @rohanseth have hired at Clubhouse,” Ramamurthy said on Twitter.

Ramamurthy along with her spouse Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at US-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, have also been hosting a daily audio show ‘The Good Time Show’ for the past five months on Clubhouse, attracting prominent guests, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong, and former CEO Steve Ballmer, among others.

Ramamurthy holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering from PSG College of Technology. hrnxt