Deepinder Goyal Quits Zomato CEO Post , Net Worth, Salary

Desk — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:27:10 +0000

After 18 years of running Zomato and its parent Eternal, the company’s founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal has announced shocking plans to step down from his role.

The news, which comes as a shock to the industry, marks the end of an era as it was Goyal who founded Zomato and scaled it to India’s largest food delivery and reviewing platform, making a massive Blinkit acquisition in its journey to foray into the booming quick commerce industry.

“Today, I am going to step away from the Group CEO role, and subject to shareholders’ approval, will remain on the board of directors as Vice Chairman. Albinder Dhindsa (Albi) will be Eternal’s new Group CEO,” he said.

Goyal, the poster boy of India’s quick delivery boom, will remain Eternal’s vice chairman. He said in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that he was shifting focus to his other ventures involving “exploration and experimentation beyond the company’s core businesses.”
Zomato, one of India’s earliest and most successful unicorns, changed India’s food delivery landscape and made Deepinder Goyal a billionaire.

Here is everything you need to know about Deepinder Goyal’s education, net worth, family and more.

Deepinder Goyal’s career and education

Deepinder Goyal cracked IIT-JEE in 2000 and enrolled himself in IIT Delhi. He graduated with a degree in Integrated M.Tech Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi.

Following his graduation, Goyal joined Bain and Company as a Senior Associate in 2006 and worked there till 2009, while simultaneously working on establishing and launching Zomato.

In 2009, Deepinder Goyal left the company to pursue a full time role at Zomato, scaling his own business and growing it from scratch. Zomato’s IPO in 2021 was oversubscribed 35 times, signifying the craze around the company among investors. In 2022, Zomato acquired Grofers, and renamed it to Blinkit while also changing its model to become a 10-minute delivery service.

Deepinder Goyal net worth and salary

According to Forbes Real Time Billionaires, Deepinder Goyal has a net worth of $1.6 billion.

According to stock exchange filing, the Zomato founder has decided to forego his annual salary of ₹3.5 crore until the end of FY26, meaning he did not draw any salary for the past four years.

Deepinder Goyal net worth and salary

According to Forbes Real Time Billionaires, Deepinder Goyal has a net worth of $1.6 billion.

According to stock exchange filing, the Zomato founder has decided to forego his annual salary of ₹3.5 crore until the end of FY26, meaning he did not draw any salary for the past four years.

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Azhar Iqbal, Co-founder & CEO InShorts Joins Shark Tank India Season 3

Desk — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 14:48:14 +0000

The Shark Tank India team is revealing new updates with every passing day.
Just today, a few hours back, they revealed a new shark to be added to the team.
Azhar Iqubal, co-founder and CEO of InShorts, the popular mobile app for the latest news in 60 words joined the Sharks team.
With him joining the team, there are now 9 sharks in total including Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singhs, Peyush Bansal, Amita Jain, Ritesh Agarwal, and Deepinder Goyal.
Azhar Iqubal is a dropout from the India Institute of Technology from the batch of 2009. He dropped out of the institute in 2012 to focus on his venture InShorts.
He started InShorts as a Facebook page with two partners named Deepit Purkayastha and Anunay Arunav.
Later, they launched the Android and iOS apps in the subsequent years for InShorts which made the platform the talk of the town. At present, their Android app has more than 10 million downloads with an average rating of 4.3 stars.
Who Are The New Judges For Shark Tank India Season 3?
As per the updates, Shark Tank India has released the names of three new judges for the season. The names include Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, Deepinder Goyal, Co-founder and CEO of Zomato, and Azhar Iqubal.
This move is working great for them as per the latest comments on their social media posts. People are waiting for the show to air live on television and OTT apps to watch the new judges live.

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