PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam (Image credit: Photo tweeted by @_sameernigam) Payments and financial services company PhonePe has clear plans to list on the stock exchanges some day and when ready the company will launch an initial public offering (IPO) in India, founder and CEO Sameer Nigam said. Speaking in an episode of CNN News18 ’s Bits to Billions, Nigam said that the company is also in the process of moving its registered entity from Singapore to India. Missed Bits to Billions? Watch it here: PhonePe Is Made In India, Will List In India: How Sameer Nigam & Rahul Chari Built A Unique Unicorn "We are moving our holding company to India, and we will list here. Our board has already signed off on it, it's just a matter of time now," he said. "We are a made in India company. Every office, data centre, and employee of ours is here. There is no reason why we should not contribute to wealth creation in this market." Close PhonePe's move to bring back its … [Read more...] about PhonePe is made in India and will list in India, says CEO Sameer Nigam
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Fallen Unicorn CEO Is Now A Billionaire
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Parker Conrad, ex-Zenefits, is now worth $2.2 billion thanks to the success of his new HR software startup Rippling. His cofounder is also a billionaire. S ix years after his first HR startup Zenefits blew up, Parker Conrad’s redemption is complete. He’s now a billionaire–with a net worth of $2.2 billion, by Forbes estimates–in the wake of his new HR startup Rippling’s lofty valuation of $11.25 billion. Back in February 2016, Conrad had resigned under pressure from Zenefits, while the former unicorn retrenched and slashed its valuation by more than half under new leadership. But by April that year–after spending time at home, depressed and binge-watching Star Wars movies while the Securities and Exchange Commission and state insurance commissioners opened investigations into his former startup–he was back with a new HR software startup, Rippling. He was filled with ideas for how to do things better this … [Read more...] about Fallen Unicorn CEO Is Now A Billionaire
Salil Parekh’s salary is merely a reflection of Infosys’ performance
Infy's market cap after peaking at $110 billion in January is around $79 billion now, more than double what it was when Salil Parekh took charge. By approving a mega-compensation package for Salil Parekh, its CEO for the last four-and-a-half years, Infosys isn’t just rewarding his performance but also correcting a historical wrong. In 2017, Parekh was brought in after the messy exit of previous CEO Vishal Sikka. Through all the sparks that flew in the months leading up to the eventual transition, it was Sikka’s high salary that was the bone of contention. The fact is, notwithstanding co-founder NR Narayana Murthy’s disagreements with Sikka over the issue, the company’s investors clearly were impressed with his performance, enough for its share price to rise 26 percent in the three years that he was at the helm. Nor was this part of a secular rise in IT stocks. During that period, Infosys was the outperformer in the stock market with shares of the other four Indian IT companies … [Read more...] about Salil Parekh’s salary is merely a reflection of Infosys’ performance
Singapore regulator praises leaders of crypto firms like Binance
- A + A (June 25): Just days after saying Singapore is “brutal and unrelentingly hard” on bad behaviour in the crypto industry, Sopnendu Mohanty, the chief fintech officer of the city’s regulator, struck a cordial tone. Mohanty, in a LinkedIn post summarising his thoughts from the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland, commended the leadership of some of the biggest firms in the sector. “Leaders from the crypto/token space (Binance, Crypto.com, Ripple and others) are fully committed to building a secure and sustainable innovation solving real problems, and identifying real-economy opportunities,” said Mohanty of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). “It is heartening to see the clarity among chief executive officers (CEOs) on the need to create a responsible and compliant industry. The future is on the right path.” Mohanty’s praise comes as the digital currency market continues to spiral downwards following a broad-based sell-off in digital assets and the collapse … [Read more...] about Singapore regulator praises leaders of crypto firms like Binance
The war in Ukraine hasn’t ended. Here’s how these founders continue to build their businesses
In those first few fraught hours of February 24th, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Anastasiia Smyk, CEO and co-founder of aviation software startup Input Soft , recalls being in a state of shock and incredulity. She was in Kyiv at the time, but her 11-strong team was scattered around the country. advertisement advertisement “The first week we were just thinking about how to survive at a human level,” says the 25-year-old entrepreneur. “So we decided to rent a house for our team in the Carpathian mountains, in the [safer] western part of Ukraine, and told them they could go there with their families to wait until we knew more about what was happening. Some of them went. Others were unable to get out.” One of those left behind was the startup’s accountant, whose home town of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since early March. On May 3rd, when the internet and mobile communications went down, she decided to risk her … [Read more...] about The war in Ukraine hasn’t ended. Here’s how these founders continue to build their businesses
How I beat Wall Street for 103 consecutive months
Wall Street, New York City (File image: Reuters) From 1999 to 2019, I managed money for some of the largest hedge funds in the world ( Millennium, Brevan Howard, ExodusPoint ). During that time, I generated positive returns for 103 consecutive months, which is quite possibly the longest such streak in hedge fund history. This extraordinary feat was made possible by my strict adherence to three key principles. First, I made sure that I had a method that turns the odds in my favour. Second, I had the discipline to stay with that system in good times, and bad times. Finally, it is vital to play with a bankroll that is large enough to ride out market fluctuations. Lose any one of these three things, and it becomes impossible to beat the market for any length of time. Have A System : As a professional gambler who accidently landed on Wall Street way back in 1993, I have always had a keen sense of the odds in any game. I played blackjack because it is the only game where a … [Read more...] about How I beat Wall Street for 103 consecutive months
World-class ‘aerocity’ rising
DREAMGATEWAY Exterior design of SMC’s P740-billion New Manila International Airport in Bulakan, Bulacan, the single most expensive infrastructure project in Philippine history. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Ramon S. Ang is never out of new ideas, especially when it comes to expanding the business and economic footprint of one of the country’s largest conglomerates, which he heads. When we sat down for an interview recently, however, the president and CEO of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) seemed more focused than usual on one particular project—one mega project which, by his own admission, will only start making money two decades after its completion. At a total projected cost of P740 billion ($13.5 billion)—to be financed solely by the company without a single centavo of funding from the government—the new Manila International Airport in Bulakan, Bulacan, is the most expensive infrastructure undertaking in the country’s history whether by a public or private entity. “This is a legacy project … [Read more...] about World-class ‘aerocity’ rising
What awaits President/Agri chief Bongbong Marcos?
WEARINGTWO HATS Incoming CEO of the land, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has decided to concurrently manage the Department of Agriculture. —REUTERS Incoming President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who will be inaugurated as the 17th president of the Philippines on June 30, made the unorthodox decision to concurrently take on the role of secretary of agriculture. At a press conference, he said, “ .. As to agriculture, I think that the problem is severe enough that I have decided to take on the portfolio of the secretary of agriculture at least for now. We will rebuild the value chain of agriculture.” With this statement, one wonders, how severe is the problem? While rebuilding the value chain (the integrated range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the producer to the final consumer) is important, there is in fact something more urgent: a hunger crisis. In March of 2021, the New York Times already reported that “a global food crisis … [Read more...] about What awaits President/Agri chief Bongbong Marcos?