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Gaurav Agarwal

CTO at GetYourGuide | ex-Netflix, Meta

Berlin, Berlin

Overview 

Gaurav Agarwal is currently the Chief Technology Officer at GetYourGuide, with a background that includes leadership roles at Netflix and Meta. His career highlights include leading engineering teams at top tech companies and co-founding AGGA Web as the CTO, showcasing a strong track record in technology leadership and business strategy.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2024 - Current

    GetYourGuide is the globally leading marketplace for unforgettable travel experiences. Travelers use GetYourGuide to discover the best things to do in a destination. Since its founding in 2009, travelers from over 170 countries have booked more than 150 million tours, activities, and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide.

iGottaGuide facilitates a web platform that enables local and foreign tourists to find and connect with tour guides.

  • Director Of Engineering

    2018 - 2024

    Led an organization that was responsible for contributing to Netflix's top-line revenue and paid subscribers. Teams within my org were responsible for all aspects of user growth, payments, partner platform, ads, identity and account management. The org was responsible for managing subscriptions for 250M+ paid subscribers and $30B+/yr in revenue. We are a team of engineers, solving problems at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, and building delightful consumer products. We are a team of learners and enjoy running A/B tests to continually learn and optimize our product for our users.

Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.

Raised $4,907,714,724.00 from Saul Bisht and TCV.

  • Engineering Leader

    2012 - 2018

    Led high-performing engineering teams to tackle challenging problems in the space of user growth and ads.

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

Raised $25,607,817,488.00 from ValueAct Capital.

  • Co-Founder and CTO

    2010 - 2012

    Co-founded AGGA Web and led technology (product, engineering) to build an anonymous social network.

  • Software Engineer

    2009 - 2011

IBM is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services.

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