Rahul Chari

Rahul Chari is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of PhonePe, one of India's fastest-growing and largest fintech companies.1 He is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the consumer internet and enterprise software space.1

Career Highlights

Rahul co-founded PhonePe in December 2015 and has since been instrumental in building it into a leading digital payments platform in India.2 Prior to PhonePe, he held several significant positions:

• Vice President of Engineering at Flipkart.com (2011-2015)
• Co-founder and CTO of MIME360 (Mallers Inc) (2009-2011)
• Manager of Software Development and Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Systems (2004-2010)
• Software Engineer at Andiamo Systems Inc (2001-2004)

Education and Achievements

Rahul holds a strong educational background in computer science:

• Master's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, USA
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai (formerly Bombay University), where he was a Gold Medallist12

In 2015, Rahul was honored as an Outstanding Alumni by the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University for his industry achievements.2

Expertise

As the CTO of PhonePe, Rahul has demonstrated expertise in:

• Building world-class tech platforms for web-scale systems
• Scaling systems to deal with hyper-growth
• Evolving processes and practices to meet the demands of fast-growing organizations
• Supply chain management systems for e-commerce
• Order management, warehousing, and transport management
• E-commerce fulfillment innovation1

Rahul Chari's leadership and technical expertise have been crucial in redefining digital payments in India and establishing PhonePe as a major player in the fintech industry.3