Deepinder Goyal
From a Punjab small town to Bain & Co. to a PDF of menus — Deepinder didn't start with a thesis, he started with a problem at lunch.
Three near-deaths: dotcom bust, near-bankrupt 2016, brutal global retreats. He fired 10% of staff in 2020 days before a funding round he wasn't sure would close.
Married to Kanchan, his school batchmate. Father was a school teacher; mother a homemaker.
From day one to today.
Milestones, not magic.
Made a PDF of restaurant menus for Bain colleagues — called it Foodiebay.
Rebranded to Zomato. Survived dotcom skepticism with relentless on-ground sales.
Expanded to 22 countries. Bet the company on delivery in 2017.
₹1.3 lakh crore IPO — India's first internet-native listing of its kind.
- Built Zomato into a defining brand from Muktsar, Punjab.
- Three near-deaths: dotcom bust, near-bankrupt 2016, brutal global retreats. He fired 10% of staff in 2020 days before a funding round he wasn't sure would close.
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