Razorpay co-founder

Shashank Kumar: Razorpay's co-founder and managing director

An IIT Roorkee classmate of the CEO who built the product, then moved to the managing director role.

Shashank Kumar joined IIT Roorkee in 2008 to study computer science. Harshil Mathur was a classmate there, and the two later started Razorpay together.

Razorpay was incorporated on 24 May 2013, and the product launched in October 2014. Kumar led the technology as chief technology officer.

In 2022 Razorpay changed its leadership structure. Kumar became managing director and Murali Brahmadesam, a former AWS executive, became CTO.

Razorpay reached a peak valuation of about US$7.5 billion in 2021. Fortune India named Kumar and Mathur to its 40 Under 40 list in 2019.

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What is Shashank Kumar's education?

Shashank Kumar earned a B.Tech in computer science from IIT Roorkee, which he joined in 2008. He attended Xavier's High School in Patna.

How did Shashank Kumar start Razorpay?

He and his IIT Roorkee classmate Harshil Mathur founded Razorpay in 2013 to build a payment gateway for startups.

What is Shashank Kumar's role at Razorpay?

He was co-founder and CTO. In June 2022 he became managing director, and Murali Brahmadesam, formerly of AWS, took over as CTO.