Salim Mitha

Current

• Co-Founder & COO at Wahanda

Past

• Senior European Director - Search & Social Search at Yahoo!
• Associate - Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch
• Summer Associate at McKinsey & Company

• European Business Manager at Microban International
• Business Analyst at A.T. Kearney

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Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• Universidad Pontificia Comillas

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Industry

Internet

Salim Mitha’s Summary

Currently working at an internet startup focused on health, beauty & wellness that I co-founded called Wahanda (www.wahanda.com). I spent four years working at Yahoo! Search Europe, and have also spent time as an investment banker and management consultant, as well as at a consumer biotech startup called Microban.

Salim Mitha’s Specialties:

Industry/Domain Experience:
- Online Retailing
- Spas, Beauty, Health & Wellness
- Vertical & Algorithmic Search
- Social Search
- Paid/Sponsored Search
- Telecoms, Media & Technology
- Filmed Entertainment
- Recorded Music & Music Publishing
- Consumer Products

Functional Experience:
- Operations
- Product & Market Launches
- Business Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategic & Operational Consulting

Salim Mitha’s Experience

• Co-Founder & COO

  Wahanda

  (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  www.wahanda.com
  Wahanda is a global health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, community ratings & reviews and commerce.

• Senior European Director - Search & Social Search

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 7 months)

  * Manage the Yahoo! Consumer Search Business for UK & Ireland, Germany, Spain & Italy (operations, revenue, product responsibility)
  * Responsible for Yahoo! Social Search products across Europe, including Yahoo! Answers

• Associate - Investment Banking

  Merrill Lynch

  (Public Company; Investment Banking industry)

  August 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  * Associate in the Telecoms, Media & Technology Group
  * Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance

• Summer Associate

  McKinsey & Company

  (Management Consulting industry)

  May 2001 — July 2001 (3 months)

  * Madrid & Barcelona

• European Business Manager

  Microban International

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  January 1998 — September 2000 (2 years 9 months)

  www.microban.com

• Business Analyst

  A.T. Kearney

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 7 months)

  * Analyst in the Chicago & NY offices
  * Summer Analyst in the Madrid & Barcelona offices

Salim Mitha’s Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  MBA , General & Global Management , 2000 — 2002

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

  BS - Economics , Finance & Multinational Management , 1992 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude

• Universidad Pontificia Comillas

  1995 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Study Abroad at ICADE

Additional Information

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