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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Vijaya Gadde

Vijaya Gadde is an American attorney, who served as general counsel and the head of legal, policy, and trust at Twitter.

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On October 27, Gadde was reportedly fired by Elon Musk, following his acquisition of Twitter.

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Vijaya Gadde was born in 1974 in India to a Telugu family.

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Vijaya Gadde moved to the United States at age three.

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Gadde received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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In 2014, she was described by Fortune as the most powerful woman on Twitter's executive team.

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In October 2020, Politico profiled her as "the most powerful technology executive you've never heard of".

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She also recieved a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law in 2000.

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Before joining Twitter, Gadde spent nearly a decade working at the Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

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Gadde earned nearly $17 million in 2021 as Twitter's chief legal officer, and earned roughly $7.3 million in 2020.

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