Ruchi Sanghvi, who joined Dropbox over a year ago, after the company acquired her startup, Cove, is now leaving the company. She was the first female engineer at Facebook, who then moved on to create her own startup that Dropbox acquired.
Ruchi is known for her expertise in operations, and she lead the team of engineers when Facebook was working on their original News Feed. She has been helping Dropbox grow at a rapid pace, ever since she joined the company.
There are a lot of interesting articles which many big websites have covered about Ruchi and her rise as a young female engineer in technology companies in the US.
Ruchi seems to be taking a break from work for sometime, and here’s what she said to AllThingsD about her departure.
“I’ve been working at breakneck pace and feel like I need to take some time off,”
The announcement about her departure was made internally today, and we will keep you posted about her upcoming ventures. All the best Ruchi!
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