Hugo Barra

Hugo Barra
Barra in 2013
Born
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Other namesChinese: 虎哥 ("Tiger Brother")[1]
EducationColégio Pitágoras
Alma materMIT (M.Eng.) (B.S.)
UFMG
Occupation(s)Detect, CEO[2]
Years active1999–present
Known forVice President Android, Google
Vice President, Xiaomi
Vice President VR, Meta
Head of Oculus, Meta
AwardsFortune 40-Under-40[3]
Wired 100[4]

Hugo Barra is a Brazilian computer scientist,[5] technology executive and entrepreneur. From 2008 to 2013, he worked in a number of product management roles at Google, including vice president and product spokesperson of its Android division.[6] From 2013 to 2017, he worked at Xiaomi as vice president of global operations.[7] From 2017 to 2021, he worked as vice president of Virtual Reality and head of the Oculus division at Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook).[8] In May 2021, he left Meta[9] to join health technology startup Detect as CEO.[10]

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  2. ^ [1].TheVerge.2021-12-22.[2021-12-22].
  3. ^ "Hugo Barra". Fortune.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ "2nd annual Wired 100: Positions 29-11". Wired.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference HugoBarra.CompSciMIT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "This Famous Google Exec Quit His Job To Work In China — And He's Been Totally Blown Away By What He Found". Business Insider.
  7. ^ Pfanner, Eric (29 August 2013). "Chinese Smartphone Maker Hires Google Executive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  8. ^ Seetharaman, Deepa (26 January 2017). "Hugo Barra to Join Facebook After Leaving Xiaomi". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  9. ^ Lyons, Kim (17 May 2021). "Hugo Barra is leaving Facebook". The Verge. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Facebook, Google Veteran Hugo Barra to Lead Covid Testing Startup". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.