Frank Nawabi

Frank Nawabi is one of the co-founders of Tenor, a popular GIF platform that was acquired by Google in March 2018.12 He founded Tenor (originally called Riffsy) in February 2014 along with David McIntosh and Erick Hachenburg.2

Role at Tenor

Frank Nawabi served as the Head of Business Development at Tenor.4 After the acquisition by Google, Nawabi continued to lead the Tenor team alongside his co-founders.15 This leadership continuity was part of Google's strategy to allow Tenor to operate as a separate brand while benefiting from Google's resources to accelerate its growth.

Tenor's Success

Under the leadership of Nawabi and his co-founders, Tenor experienced significant growth:

• The platform reached 300 million users in 2017.3
• It achieved 12 billion monthly searches earlier in 2018.1
• Tenor became a leading GIF-sharing app on mobile devices.3
• The company developed partnerships with major messaging platforms and social media companies.2

Previous Experience

Before co-founding Tenor, Frank Nawabi was the Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at Redux, a company that was later acquired by Crunchyroll.4

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