Arun has over 17 years of experience in managing various businesses in Asia. As Managing Director, Yahoo! India, Arun Tadanki has the mandate to expand and consolidate business in India, building on Yahoo!’s leading market position in this region, and for continuing the momentum of Yahoo! India and its industry leading properties, which include the nation's most visited front page, Mail, Movies, Messenger, News and Cricket.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Arun worked for 7 years at Monster.com where he was President (Asia-Pacific & Middle East), reporting to the global Chairman & CEO. Before Monster, Arun worked at JobsAhead for 2 years (a company subsequently acquired by Monster). He started his career at Nestle, where he was eventually heading the Culinary Business comprising the Maggi range of products.
Arun was named “Hottest Young Executive in India – 2004” by Business Today, the largest selling business magazine in India. He was also named as one of the “50 Young Leaders of India - 2005” by India Today, the largest and most reputed English magazine, along with celebrities like Rahul Dravid, Karan Johar, etc.
Arun graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (1990) and is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1992).
Arun is a certified DJ from Denon School, Singapore. He started his DJ career as a guest DJ, at The Dublin, ITC Luxury Collection, Hyderabad. For the last 3 years, he has been regularly playing at Mojo in Gurgaon, and occasionally at Turquoise Cottage, Gurgaon.
