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  • 5paisa onboards Ameya Agnihotri as chief technology officer

    5paisa onboards Ameya Agnihotri as chief technology officer

    Mumbai: 5paisa Capital Ltd, one of India’s largest digital discount brokers, has hired former Uber and Paytm executive Ameya Agnihotri as chief technology officer (CTO).  

    Prior to joining 5paisa, Ameya Agnihotri worked with Paytm (One97 Communications) leading technology at Paytm’s fast-growing travel division, leading a team of 110 engineers. He was instrumental in building digital platforms for various industries across continents successfully in the last seventeen years. Ameya has earlier worked with Berlin headquartered Zeotap as CTO, besides stints at Uber, Pub Matic and Veritas. He completed his Masters in Computer Application from University of Pune.

    Commenting on the appointment, 5paisa Capital MD & CEO Narayan Gangadhar said, “I am very excited to welcome Ameya to the 5paisa team. Ameya is a standout and well respected technology leader with decades of experience building innovative technology products. His stellar background in building teams, large scale digital products and deep understanding of the evolving tech ecosystem will help us attract top talent and greatly accelerate our digitization efforts. Ameya will be based in Bangalore and lead our engineering center where we continue to attract top talent from the tech industry.”

    Commenting on the appointment, Ameya Agnihotri said, “5paisa has already built a fantastic platform and has been among leaders in the digital discount broking space. I am really excited to be a part of this innovative company and offer my experience in building some of the greatest products and platforms in investing space.”

    5paisa Capital is one of India’s largest discount brokers with an overall customer base of over 3.7 million. The 5paisa mobile app is used by over 16 million investors and enjoys a rating of 4.3 stars. 5paisa Capital is backed by marquee global investors Fairfax, Ward Ferry, and RIMCO.

  • Silicon Valley techie Narayan Gangadhar joins Angel Broking as CEO

    Silicon Valley techie Narayan Gangadhar joins Angel Broking as CEO

    Mumbai: Fintech brokerage firm Angel Broking has roped in Silicon Valley veteran Narayan Gangadhar as its new CEO.

    Narayan has more than two decades of global experience leading technology businesses at top-tier Silicon Valley companies, such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Uber. He brings operating experience leading highly disruptive businesses by driving innovation in product, technology, capability building, and processes automation.

    Gangadhar was head of technology at Uber in San Francisco where he led the company’s core infrastructure, machine learning, data platform, and data science teams of over 650+ employees across the globe. During his tenure, Uber scaled to over 400+ cities globally completing over 14 million trips daily. At Google, he led large product and engineering teams to launch the first set of the search giant’s cloud infrastructure services, such as Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Container Engines. He also led large teams responsible for developing the overall application infrastructure which power productivity apps like Google Drive, Google Docs, etc.

    Prior to Google, Gangadhar was the general manager and director at Amazon Web Services where he developed the Cloud Database business. He was most recently the founder & CEO of a robotics start-up in San Francisco that develops automated urban mobility solutions

    “The Indian market is at an interesting juncture as more people make technology a part of their daily lifestyles,” said Gangadhar. “As a CEO, my entire focus will be on unlocking superior efficiency for all stakeholders. The overarching objective is to make the product more accessible in the mass market.”

    Angel Broking CMD Dinesh Thakkar said, “Narayan is the right person to lead Angel Broking along its journey as a leader in this industry. He is a well-rounded engineer with great leadership qualities and will add significant value to our existing digital assets. Plus, he will help us realise our aspirations to become a preferred Fintech company in India. With Narayan leading the team, I am sure we will scale new heights in making international standard apps, offering world-class customer experience, and taking best-in-class AI/ML journeys for new and existing customers to understand investing and trading well.”