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Almost out of Zomato, but Pankaj Chaddah will not talk to you

The little-known co-founder of food tech unicorn, Zomato, quit the company recently. And some, if not barely anyone, really knew the person who is internally credited as the man behind the graft

30/03/18

Patanjali Pahwa

The 32-year-old grew up in Indore with dreams of becoming a scientist

UAE was Chaddah's biggest success story; Zomato broke even ahead of schedule  

As soon as Chaddah quit, Zomato announced a shakeup. Gaurav Gupta was appointed COO, Mukund Kulashekaran CBO

He has been part of a band, played football for Bain, and now, plays squash on weekends. All of this to de-stress

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