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Oxigen Wallet to sponsor Sachin Tendulkar’s ISL team Kerala Blasters FC
MUMBAI: After promoting the cause of cricket by sponsoring the South African T20 cricket team, the wallet service provider Oxigen has joined hands with Kerala Blasters Football Club as their official payments solution sponsors.
Owned by Sachin Tendulkar, who is Oxigen’s brand ambassador, the Kerala-based club will be competing for top honours in the eleven-week long Indian Super League (ISL). The franchise finished runners-up on the back of a strong showing in the inaugural ISL season last year.
Oxigen Services founder & managing director Pramod Saxena said, “With the launch of the ISL, the Indian football landscape has received a major boost to the popularity of the game, global exposure and encouragement to the players and aspirant youngsters. Through our partnership with Sachin Tendulkar’s Kerala Blasters FC, we are looking to leverage this exposure while at the same time supporting the rise of the Indian football fraternity. Sports, is a great medium, to carry our message to a wider cross section of our young population who will drive the digital revolution including mobile wallets usage in a big way.”
Tendulkar added, “I welcome Oxigen Wallet’s association with Kerala Blasters as the official payment partners for season 2 of the ISL. We look forward to a long association with Oxigen and to jointly offer some exciting initiatives for the many fans of Kerala Blasters.”
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LinkedIn names Daniel Shapero CEO as Microsoft doubles down on AI shift
Ryan Roslansky moves to Microsoft AI role as LinkedIn bets on insider leadership
CALIFORNIA: Microsoft has appointed Daniel Shapero as the new chief executive of LinkedIn, marking a key leadership shift as the company sharpens its focus on artificial intelligence.
Shapero, a long-time insider who joined LinkedIn in 2008, steps up from his role as chief operating officer. He succeeds Ryan Roslansky, who will transition into a broader role within Microsoft to work on AI-led productivity initiatives, reporting to Satya Nadella.
The move signals more of a strategic reshuffle than a traditional leadership exit. Roslansky, who led LinkedIn for six years and oversaw a near doubling of its user base to 1.3 billion, will now help integrate AI capabilities across Microsoft’s core productivity ecosystem, including its Office suite.
For LinkedIn, the choice of Shapero reflects continuity. Often described as “employee 300-ish”, he has spent nearly two decades across the company’s key functions, from sales and marketing to product and operations. As chief operating officer since 2021, he has been closely involved in scaling the platform’s business, including growth in premium subscriptions and advertising.
In his first message as CEO, Shapero emphasised LinkedIn’s core mission of driving economic opportunity, noting that the rise of AI makes that mission even more critical. He signalled a leadership approach focused on listening and learning, while preparing professionals to navigate rapid technological change.
The timing is telling. LinkedIn currently sits at a strong inflection point, with annual revenue estimated at around $19 billion and continued double-digit growth driven by AI-powered tools and advertising solutions. Microsoft’s broader strategy appears to position LinkedIn and its productivity suite as twin pillars of the modern workplace.
With Roslansky shaping AI strategy at the parent level and Shapero steering LinkedIn’s next chapter, the transition sets the stage for a deeper integration of generative AI into how professionals connect, learn and work.
The Roslansky era was about scale. The Shapero chapter now begins with a different brief: make AI central to the future of work.
