Anjali Kumar

Anjali Kumar is a Brooklyn born, first generation Indian American author, attorney, advisor, speaker, and “idea acupuncturist”.

She is currently the Chief People Officer and General Counsel at Cheddar, a post cable network led by Jon Steinberg (the former president of Buzzfeed and CEO of Daily Mail US.) Anjali was formerly the Founding Head of Social Innovation and Founding General Counsel at Warby Parker, a transformative lifestyle brand offering designer eyewear at affordable prices while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses.

Prior to joining Warby Parker, Anjali was Senior Counsel at Google where she was a commercial and product attorney on areas ranging from Google X to YouTube. Anjali curated and hosted the @Google Speaker Series on campus in New York City bringing Googlers from around the globe face-to-face with today’s most prominent and innovative thought leaders including; Anthony Bourdain, Marcus Samuelsson, Garance Doré, Questlove, and Jacques Pépin. From this speaker series, Anjali hosted a YouTube interview series “Lunchtime at Google”. Anjali has taught for several years as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School and Fordham University. She has served as an advisor to prominent technology companies, luxury fashion brands, consumer products, and non-profit organizations including Malala Fund, IDEO.org, and organize.org. Anjali was recently appointed to the board
of Happy Money, the only financial company that combined psychology and money to help people live happy lives. Anjali’s lectures often deal with questions around innovation: why is innovation not the answer?
How can you live in the questions you can’t answer? how can social impact programs improve your business?

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