Deepinder Goyal Success Story- From Startup to Billion-Dollar Success

Deepinder Goyal was born on 26/01/1983 in Punjab, India. He grew up in a middle-class family and had a rather simple childhood.

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He received his early education at the St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling and did his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of technology, Delhi.

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While working at Bain, Deepinder noticed a common problem. Workers stated that they had to wait in line to order food for long hours.

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Later in 2008 they introduced a similar website they named FoodieBay. , which was focused on restaurants, their menus, and comments on them.

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Zomato was initially in the business of providing information about restaurants but later moved into the delivery of foods to various consumers.

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He started the company while still in his early 30’s and his company was awarded the Economic Times Startup of the Year.

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