Ramu Yalamanchi

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Ramu Yalamanchi
Born Ramu Yalamanchi
(1974-08-05) August 5, 1974 (age 49)
Skokie, IL, United States
Alma mater University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Occupation Co-founder and former CEO of hi5
Spouse(s) Megan Monroe (m. 2013)
Children 1


Ramu Yalamanchi is an American-born computer scientist and internet entrepreneur of Indian descent. He founded the social networking website hi5 and served as its CEO.[1] In 2007, Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker in her Technology / Internet Trends report [2] cited hi5 as the 10th largest website in the World. By 2008, hi5 was one of the largest social networking sites in the World,[3] the #1 social networking service for the Spanish speaking market, and a top 10 site in 20 countries across the globe. During college, Ramu was a partner at SponsorNet New Media. Ramu received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[4]

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