Parag Agrawal Quick Info
Height 6 ft 3 in
Weight 96 kg
Date of Birth May 21, 1984
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Spouse Vineeta Agarwala

Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American technology executive who made headlines in November 2021 for replacing Jack Dorsey as the new CEO of the micro-blogging website, Twitter. He has more than 400k followers on Twitter and more than 100k followers on Instagram.

Born Name

Parag Agrawal

Nick Name

Parag

Parag Agrawal as seen in 2005
Parag Agrawal as seen in 2005 (Clark Baker / Wikimedia / CC BY 2.0)

Sun Sign

Gemini

Born Place

Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Residence

San Francisco, California, United States

Nationality

Indian, American

Education

Parag was a student at Atomic Energy Central School No. 4.

In 2005, he graduated from IIT Bombay with a B. Tech degree in computer science and engineering.

He traveled to Stanford University in California and earned his PhD in computer science with Jennifer Widom as his mentor.

Occupation

Technology Executive

Family

  • Father – Ram Gopal Agrawal (Senior Official at the Indian Department of Atomic Energy)
  • Mother – Shashi Agrawal (Economics Professor at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute)
  • Siblings – Kunal Agrawal (Sister)

Build

Average

Height

6 ft 3 in or 190.5 cm

Weight

96 kg or 211.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Parag has dated –

  1. Vineeta Agarwala (2015-Present) – Parag married Vineeta Agarwala, who works as a physician and investor, in January 2016. The couple welcomed a boy named Ansh Agrawal on Thanksgiving Day i.e., November 22, 2018.
Parag and Vineeta Agarwala seen during their wedding preparations in January 2016
Parag and Vineeta Agarwala seen during their wedding preparations in January 2016 (Parag Agrawal / Twitter)

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

  • Mostly wears black from head to toe
  • Tall stature

Religion

Hinduism

Parag Agrawal as seen smiling with Jack Dorsey
Parag Agrawal as seen smiling with Jack Dorsey (Parag Agrawal / Twitter)

Parag Agrawal Facts

  1. He was awarded a gold medal at the 2001 International Physics Olympiad that took place in Turkey.
  2. Parag worked at other tech companies like Yahoo, Microsoft, and AT&T before joining Twitter in 2011.
  3. As of 2022, he is one of the many Indian-origin CEOs heading big-tech companies alongside Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Sundar Pichai of Google and Alphabet, Arvind Krishna of IBM, and Shantanu Narayen of Adobe. 
  4. Parag’s school classmate was the famous Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal.
  5. His thesis paper titled ‘Incorporating Uncertainty in Data Management and Integration’ was published in 2012.

Featured Image by Clark Baker / Wikimedia / CC BY 2.0

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