Swiggy Elevates Phani Kishan As Cofounder
- ByAyushi Ray | July 13, 2021
Swiggy elevates Phani Kishan as cofounder, previously its vice president of strategy and investments. Kishan has been with the food and hyperlocal delivery platform for over six years and joined the company as a general manager of new initiatives. Last year, Swiggy’s co-founder and chief technology officer Rahul Jaimini resigned to join Pesto Tech, a career accelerator startup. Swiggy currently has two co-founders — Majety and Nandan Reddy.“Phani joined us very early on in 2015, and has been my fixer and go-to guy for many important problems for as long as I can remember. Over these 6 years, he’s probably had the record for setting up multiple high leverage functions from the ground up,” Majety wrote in the blogpost. This announcement comes on the heels of the company’s COO Vivek Sunder stepping down. Sunder oversaw the company’s food delivery business.
Majety said Kishan has played a key role in shaping the company’s value. “His energy, can-do attitude and founder mentality are all goal-worthy for any Swiggster to succeed here and make a huge impact in the company’s future,” Majety wrote. Kishan will be part of the management team and will be involved in “helping shape the company’s future on our dream to build India’s most loved customer brand and an enduring institution.” Kishan joined Swiggy after spending over two years at Boston Consulting Group, after serving as an assistant vice president, business strategy and growth, and chief of staff to CEO, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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