By parents, for parents
We are founded and managed by a group of parents of young children around the world. Frustrated by the quality of preschools and nurseries in our cities, we came together to create an early education company that delivered for parents, children and operators alike, all over the world.
We are creating magical and engaging learning spaces. Infused with cutting edge pedagogy and great teachers to nurture and enhance every child’s innate curiosity, creativity and ability to be a lifelong learner.
Network
We started with our first school in Hong Kong in Jan 2014. Since then we have opened schools in Dubai, India, the UK and the USA. Our franchise operations began in 2019 and 2020 has saw us launching Kido Home, our online preschool offering. Our network is rapidly growing across more cities and countries.
Our vision for the future of childcare is where humans focus on learning, teaching, caring and interacting - and smart machines do everything else.
Aniruddh Gupta
Founder and CEO
The Team
Our core team has multiple years experience across education, banking, finance, design, hospitality, marketing and much else. We also have several years experience in raising children in different cultures, cities and countries. We have over thirty professionals in six different hubs around the world, giving us in depth expertise, cross-cultural sensibility and an ability to service parents and clients across the world.
Philippe Sachs
Deputy CEO, CEO UK, London
Head of Public Sector, Standard Chartered. Ex Goldman, JP Morgan. Member, Council of Foreign Relations. Georgetown University.
Entrepreneur with 18y track record. Vice President and
Head of Marketing, Inter Publicity (India). MBA, JBIMS,
Shilpa Marla
CEO India
Mumbai
Over 15y experience in HR across start ups and large organizations at different leadership levels.
Pallavi Nath
COO, CEO Asia
Singapore
Head of Revenue Management, Conrad Asia. Vice
President HSMAI South Asia. Cornell University.
Emma Phillips
Head Operations, UK
London
15 years experience in the UK and internationally. Most recently Asquith and Bright Horizons, with Outstanding Ofsted
Ratings
Umair Tariq
CFO, CEO ME&Africa
Dubai
Head of Africa Structuring, Standard Chartered. London
School of Economics, CFA.
Sheetal Agarwal
Creative Director
London
International Award winning Artist and Documentary
Filmmaker. MFA, City University, Hong Kong.
Deep Pandita
CEO USA. Head Tech
Houston
Co-Head, Energy Business, Stark Investments.
Director Electricity Research, Citadel.
Kawan Gujral
Business Dev, USA
Houston
10y+ experience in education management across three countries, in the Pre-K and K-12 space
Fruzsina Benyei
Curriculum & Training Asia, Dubai
Over 10 years experience in the early years, including as teacher and principal. Masters in Education