| Divya Gokulnath Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Weight | 59 kg |
| Year of Birth | 1987 |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Spouse | Byju Raveendran |
Divya Gokulnath is an Indian entrepreneur and educator who is best known as the co-founder and director of Byju’s, an Indian multinational educational technology company that was valued at USD 21 billion in December 2021 with more than 115 million registered students. In 2020, Business Today magazine had included her in their ‘Most Powerful Women in Indian Business’ list, Forbes magazine had included her in their ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ list, and Fortune India magazine had included her in their ‘Most Powerful Women’ list. At the 2021 MAKERS India Conference, she had won the Entrepreneur of the Year award in the ‘Women Who Make India’ category.
Born Name
Divya Gokulnath
Nick Name
Divya
Age
Divya Gokulnath was born in the year 1987.
Born Place
Bengaluru, Bayaluseemé, Karnataka, India
Residence
Bengaluru, Bayaluseemé, Karnataka, India
Nationality
Education
Divya had attended The Frank Anthony Public School, a co-educational day school in her hometown of Bengaluru. After her high school graduation, she had joined the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya (RV) College of Engineering, an autonomous private technical co-educational college in Bengaluru. She had graduated from there in 2007 with a B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degree in biotechnology.
Occupation
Entrepreneur, Educator
Family
- Father – Her father is a nephrologist with Apollo Hospitals, an Indian multinational hospital chain.
- Mother – Her mother was a programming executive with the broadcasting company Doordarshan, a public service broadcaster funded by the Government of India.
- Others – Raveendran (Father-in-Law) (Former Physics Teacher), Shobhanavalli (Mother-in-Law) (Former Mathematics Teacher), Riju Raveendran (Brother-in-Law) (Business Executive, Director at Byju’s)
Net Worth
In 2022, Divya Gokulnath, her husband Byju Raveendran, and her brother-in-law Riju Raveendran had a combined net worth of $3.6 billion according to Forbes.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 5 in or 165 cm
Weight
59 kg or 130 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Divya has dated –
- Byju Raveendran (2007–Present) – Divya had first met educator Byju Raveendran in 2007 when she was attending a GRE (Graduate Record Examinations, a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in the United States, Canada, and a few other countries) preparation course where he was teaching. They began dating soon after and got married some months later. They have 2 sons together named Nish Raveendran (b. 2013) and Nivin Raveendran (b. 2020).
Race / Ethnicity
Asian (Indian)
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Slender frame
- Center-parted, shoulder-length, straight hair
Divya Gokulnath Facts
- It was her future husband Byju Raveendran who had encouraged Divya to become a teacher after he was impressed by the questions she would ask in the GRE prep course where he was teaching.
- Her teaching career began in 2008 and she used to teach students, just a couple of years younger than her, mathematics, English, and logical reasoning.
- In 2011, with her husband, she had co-founded Byju’s, an educational technology company whose mobile phone app was launched in 2015. By October 2018, the app had expanded to the United Kingdom, the United States, and some other English-speaking countries. In April 2021, Byju’s had acquired the Indian test-prep provider Aakash Educational Services Ltd. for approximately USD 1 billion.
- During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, she used to manage the app’s user experience, content, and brand marketing departments.
- She also often writes online articles about the future of education, parenting, and women’s participation in technological fields.
Featured Image by Divya Gokulnath / Instagram
