Co-founder profile

Ramki Gaddipati: The CTO Who Built Zeta

Ramki Gaddipati is the technology chief and APAC CEO of Zeta.

Ramki Gaddipati started as a manager at Morgan Stanley. He then spent almost six years as a Director at Directi, the internet company founded by Bhavin Turakhia and his brother.

In April 2015 he co-founded Zeta with Turakhia. Zeta builds cloud-native core banking, card processing and employee benefits products.

Gaddipati is global CTO and APAC CEO. Mastercard's developer blog has featured him as Zeta's CTO, and Mastercard invested $30 million in Zeta in March 2022.

Zeta raised $250 million in 2021 led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at $1.45 billion. In February 2025 it raised $50 million at a $2 billion valuation.

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What does Ramki Gaddipati do at Zeta?

Ramki Gaddipati is co-founder, APAC CEO and global CTO of Zeta, the banking technology company he started with Bhavin Turakhia.

Where did Ramki Gaddipati work before Zeta?

He joined Morgan Stanley as a manager. He then spent almost six years as a Director at Directi before co-founding Zeta.

When did Ramki Gaddipati start Zeta?

He co-founded Zeta in April 2015 with Bhavin Turakhia, the founder of Directi.

What does Zeta do?

Zeta builds cloud-native core banking, card processing and employee benefits products. It raised $250 million in 2021 from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.45 billion valuation.