2024-03-05 11:13:52
Today Aakriti is the co-founder
Aakriti Chopra is currently the Chief People Officer and Co-Founder of Zomato. The value of this company is more than 17 billion dollars. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal, in an interview, had praised Aakriti for her unwavering commitment and contribution towards the company over the last decade. During his association with the company, a strong financial team was formed.
rapidly climbed one rung
While at Zomato, Aakriti Chopra handled different teams including Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance. She joined the company in 2011 as Senior Manager (Finance and Operations). Then she rapidly moved up the ranks within the company. In 2012 she became VP (Finance and Operations). In 2020, Aakriti moved into the role of CFO. In 2021, he was appointed as Co-Founder and Chief People Officer.
package worth crores
Aakriti Chopra, born in 1988, lives in Gurugram. He studied from DPS, RK Puram and completed B.Com from LSR. Before joining Zomato, he worked in PWC for three years. When Zomato’s IPO came in 2021, the value of Aakriti’s ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) shares was valued at Rs 149 crore. It is not known whether he chose to sell these shares or not. But, she was one of the employees with the highest share value. Apart from this, his annual salary in 2021 was Rs 1.63 crore. Aakriti Chopra is married to Blinkit founder Albinder Dhindsa. Blinkit was later acquired by Zomato.
Has been honored with many awards
Aakriti has been honored with many awards for her contribution. He was included in Forbes India’s ’30 Under 30′ list in 2017. She was also awarded the ‘Woman of the Year’ award in 2018. With his hard work and dedication, he has been instrumental in transforming the company into the leading online food delivery service in India.