Divya Gokulnath Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Divya Gokulnath is an Indian entrepreneur and educator who is best known as the co-founder and director of Byjus, 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

Divya Gokulnath Quick Info
Height5 ft 5 in
Weight59 kg
Year of Birth1987
Eye ColorDark Brown
SpouseByju 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

Divya Gokulnath as seen in an Instagram Post in December 2020 (Divya Gokulnath / Instagram)

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

Divya Gokulnath as seen in an Instagram Post in July 2020 (Divya Gokulnath / Instagram)

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).
    • Divya Gokulnath and Byju Raveendran, as seen in September 2020 (Byju Raveendran / Instagram)

    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 as seen in an Instagram Post in March 2021 (Divya Gokulnath / Instagram)

    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

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