India also have its fair share of top tech CEOs, who have built their own brands in different sectors.
Indian-origin executives are ruling the roost when it comes to the tech industries around the world. The likes of Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella are two of the most well-known Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in Alphabet (owners of Google) and Microsoft respectively.
India also have its fair share of top tech CEOs, who have built their own brands in different sectors like e-commerce, foodtech, mediatech, mobile or fintech. We take a look at some of the top tech CEOs in India over the last decade.
1. Ecommerce – Amit Agarwal (Amazon)
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Amazon entered the market late but quickly broke the duo-poly of Flipkart and Snapdeal to establish itself as the market leader when it comes to the e-commerce sector. Amit Agarwal joined Amazon some 21 years back and back then the company was only publishing books. He steadily rose in the company ranks and became part of senior leadership under Jeff Bezos. After moving to India in 2004, he played a pivotal role in overseeing the company’s expansion in India.
2. Foodtech – Sriharsha Majety (Swiggy)
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Like Amazon, Swiggy also entered late with existing leaders like Foodpanda and Zomato running the marketplace model and changed the business model through 100 per cent owned delivery to become one of the leaders in the space. Sriharsha Majety is one of the two co-founders of Swiggy with Nandan Reddy. Swiggy started off with 5-6 delivery partners and 15-20 restaurants within Koramangala, Bengaluru but right now it is worth around Rs 1400 crore and one of the premier food delivery apps.
3. Mobile – Manu Jain (Xiaomi)
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Competing with both Indian brands like Micromax, Videocon and international brands like LG, Samsung and Xiaomi has gone on to command the market share when it comes to affordable mobile. Xiaomi was already aware of him and offered him the role of Managing Director and gave him the big responsibility of bringing Xiaomi to India and start its business in India. Manu Kumar Jain soon proved his ability in business by making Xiaomi, India’s number one smartphone brand in terms of sales.
4. Mediatech – Rohit Chadda (Zee Digital)
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Rohit Chadda brought Zee Group’s Digital Publishing business to a position where it is eyeing the No. 1 position in the digital media business. At just 38, Chadda’s out-of-the-box approach to business strategy and creative ideas has proven the fact that young CEOs can bring about dramatic turnarounds. An investment banker-turned-entrepreneur, Chadda took the big leap when he quit his cushy job in the UK and moved back to India to pursue his dream. Rohit’s entrepreneurial journey began in 2012 when he co-founded foodpanda.com, introducing online food delivery in emerging markets when the category was virtually non-existent.
5. Fintech – Vijay Shekhar Sharma (PayTM)
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In 2001, he cofounded One97 Communications, which became the parent firm of Paytm a decade later. The journey to launching Paytm wasn't an easy one by any stretch. Sharma had to take a loan of Rs 8 lakh to fund his startup but he had no means to repay the debt. Two years back he became India’s youngest billionaire and currently worth more than $2.6 billion.
6. Healthtech – Shashank ND (Practo)
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One of the fastest growing healthcare companies in the world, Practo has been making news over the last few months for all the right reasons. The company has put healthcare in the mainstream of startup innovation and expansion. Founded in 2008, by National Institute of Technology(NIT), Surathkal graduates Shashank ND & Abhinav Lal, the healthcare startup has come a long wayin the last seven years and with international expansion and the recent series C funding of $90 million. Today, Practo claims to have nearly 200,000 healthcare practitioners, 8000 hospitals on its platform and over 10 million monthly searches by consumers.
