The founder’s departure, a year after the edtech startup’s acquisition, will put a question mark on its future and, by extension, owner Byju’s plans to go international.
The three-year itch is not leaving Karan Bajaj anytime soon. According to three people with knowledge of the matter, the 42-year-old entrepreneur is moving on from WhiteHar Jr, the education technology company he founded in November 2018 to teach children between the ages of 6 and 14 the fundamentals of coding. The details—like the time and manner of the exit, Bajaj's next move and the succession plan at WhiteHat Jr—are still under wraps. But the exit looks imminent and could be announced as early as this week, during a town hall, marking the first anniversary of the 33-month-old startup’s acquisition …
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