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Prerna Gupta

Founder & CEO, Hooked

San Francisco Bay Area

21+ years of work experience

HOOKED
Jan 201511 yrs 6 mosPresent

San Francisco Bay Area

Hooked is a storytelling platform designed for social feeds. We invented the award-winning chat fiction format, which has convinced hundreds of millions of teens to read fiction on their phones.
Smule, Inc.
Dec 20116 yrs 6 mosMay 2018

San Francisco, CA

Smule, Inc.
Dec 20112 yrs 1 moDec 2013

San Francisco, CA

Khush Inc. (Acquired by Smule)
May 20092 yrs 8 mosDec 2011

Yaari Inc.
Jun 20054 yrsMay 2009

Summit Partners
2005Less than a year2005

Education

Stanford University

BA, Economics

Stanford University

20004 yrs2004

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Headline

Founder & CEO, Hooked

Location

San Francisco Bay Area

Work experience

Founder & CEO at HOOKED, Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, Hooked is a storytelling platform designed for social feeds. We invented the award-winning chat fiction format, which has convinced hundreds of millions of teens to read fiction on their phones.

Board of Directors at Smule, Inc., Dec 2011 - May 2018 · 6 yrs 6 mos, San Francisco, CA

Chief Product Officer at Smule, Inc., Dec 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo, San Francisco, CA

Founder & CEO at Khush Inc. (Acquired by Smule), May 2009 - Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Founder & CEO at Yaari Inc., Jun 2005 - May 2009 · 4 yrs

Associate at Summit Partners, 2005 - 2005 · Less than a year

Education

BA, Economics, Stanford University

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