Naveen Selvadurai and his pathway to Foursquare
Posted on: 03/Apr/2018 11:33:10 AM
Naveen Selvadurai is the co-founder of Foursquare.com � a location-based social networking site. Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, he grew up into an American internet entrepreneur. At present, he is employed to startup studio Expa (a company founded by the co-founder of Uber), and is the partner of StumbleUpon � Garret Camp.
He was born on 27th January 1982. His 4-member family includes his dad Kuppuswami Selvadurai, mum Latha Selvadurai, younger sister Chindhuri Selvadurai and Naveen Selvadurai himself.
Naveen pursued his B.Sc in Worcester Polytechnic Institute and did his M.Sc in Worcester M.A. He underwent a study abroad program for 5 months at King�s College London. Before deciding to launch Foursquare, he worked with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun Microsystems.
About Foursquare
Foursquare is a location-based social networking site for mobile devices and smartphones. Using the mobile website, text messaging and applications specific to the device, users can check-in at different venues. The location feature functions based on GPS and the map generated is based on OpenStreetMap project. With each check-in, users get points or badges. Those who check-in very often will turn into mayor.
Back in May 2013, Selvadurai turned into the partner of Expa startup studio and is presently handling all its New York operations
