Zomato CEO and Founder Deepinder Goyal: Today everyone knows the name of food delivery company Zomato. Many people have seen Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal in the TV show Shark Tank. Just a few days ago, he had shared a post on the social media platform Instagram in which he and his wife had become food delivery agents for a day. Deepinder Goyal has been found doing Zomato food delivery many times before. Do you know where Deepinder Goyal studied and when and how he started Zomato company? Let us know the success story of Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal.
Studied from IIT Delhi-
Deepinder Goyal is a resident of Punjab. Deepinder Goyal was born in Sri Muktsar Sahib city of Punjab. He comes from a very good family. Both his parents were teachers. He completed his schooling from DAV College, Chandigarh. In 2001, he passed the JEE Advanced examination and took admission in IIT Delhi to pursue B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing. After completing college, he started working in a company in Delhi.
How Zomato became a Foodiebay company-
While working at Bain & Company, Deepinder noticed that his co-workers often discussed food and ordered food. These constant discussions gave rise to the idea of a food delivery application in his mind. Deepinder decided to resign from his job and along with Pankaj Chaddha, he started a food delivery startup called Foodiebay and received $1 million in seed funding from Internet pioneer Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Info Edge India Limited. The company was rebranded to Zomato in 2010 as the startup attracted several global investors including Sequoia Capital and Jack Ma's Ant Group Co.
Market cap of Zomato-
Today, Zomato's market cap is around Rs 2.4 lakh crore. Apart from Zomato, Deepinder Goyal has also invested in many other companies. The company also acquired fast commerce application Blinkit, which gave a big boost to its business. Lakhs of youth can be inspired by the success of Deepinder Goyal and those who want to start their own startup can take inspiration from him.
