Deepinder Goyal (Zomato) Wiki, Age, Wife, Net worth, Family, Biography & More

Deepinder Goyal (Hindi “दीपिंदर गोयल” born 26 January 1983) is a famous Indian businessman, investor, and entrepreneur from Muktsar, Punjab, India. He is well-known in the business industry as the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Zomato.

Deepinder Goyal’s profession

As everyone knows that, Zomato is a world-famous online food delivery company. As per the sources, Deepinder founded the company in the year 2008 along with his friends. Today, Deepinder is a successful businessman and investor in India. Scroll down to know about the success story of Zomato’s founder.

Wiki & Biography 

The Indian businessman was born to his parents on Wednesday, January 26, 1983, in Muktsar, Punjab, India. He belongs to the Hindu family. According to the year 2020, Deepinder Goyal’s age is 37 years old. Being an Aquarius, Deepinder has an independent and progressive guy.

Like other Indians, Goyal is also foody. Discussing his qualification then, he is a graduate engineer. Deepinder Goyal completed his higher education at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi^[1]LinkedIn. Due to his innovative skills, today, he is a successful businessman and entrepreneur.

The @FeedingIndia team is now completely integrated into @Zomato. We have been working together closely for about 6 months now – and the results have been tremendous.

For more details on this development: https://t.co/xitK5xlb4y pic.twitter.com/uR1u28cqbu

— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) July 8, 2019

Physical Appearance

• Height: 5 feet 9 inches (in centimeters 175 cm).
• Weight: 80 kilograms (in pounds 176.37 lbs).
• Hair Color: Black.
• Eye Color: Black.

Family & Caste 

Zomato’s founder was born into a Bania (caste) family.

Parents & Siblings 

He does not share the names of his parents with the media. According to the sources, Deepinder Goyal’s dad was a Botany teacher. His mother also worked as an English teacher.

He grew up playing with his siblings. After completing his matriculation, Deepinder Goyal moved to Delhi for his future.

Marriage, Wife & Children

According to the report, the founder of Zomato currently lives in New Delhi along with his family. As per the media sources, Deepinder Goyal got married to his wife named “Kanchan Joshi”.

Deepinder Goyal and his wife Kanchan Joshi

Let me tell you that, Kanchan works at Delhi University as an assistant professor. According to the sources, Goyal is the father of a beautiful daughter named “Siara Goyal”, who was born on 29 October 2013. Moreover, he focuses on his profession.

Career & Net worth 

As per the sources, Deepinder began working in firms after completing his graduation.  According to his LinkedIn profile, he joined Bain and Company in New Delhi as a Senior Associate Consultant in January 2006.

Founder of Zomato, Deepinder Goyal

He worked there for 3 years and 11 months from January 2006 to November 2009. During working in Bain & Co., Deepinder decided to start his own business. After that, he started investing in many companies for getting a good return for his business.

Due to his talent and innovative skills, he started his own food delivery company in July 2008. Today this company is known by the popular name “Zomato”. From his career and investments, Deepinder Goyal made a net worth and total assets of Rs 1500 crore (approx.).

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How Zomato Starts?

As indicated by the sources, Deepinder gets the plan to fire up a food conveying business in the wake of seeing his associate’s deep interest in menu cards of the various restaurants. After this, he took this motivation and attempted to grow his development. He and his companion and associate named Pankaj Chaddha dispatched a food site called foodiebay.com in the year 2008.

Deepinder Goyal with his friend Pankaj Chaddha

The part of Foodiebay peruses FoodieBay is about food and where you can locate its best. Following two years, they renamed the organization Zomato in 2010. The organization’s motive to give its clients all that they may need and require to think about food before they take the primary chomp.

Zomato Food Delivery Company

The organization gives data from the nukkad wala Dhaba to the swankiest cafés around the town. As of now, Zomato is a mainstream application utilized in excess of 10,000 urban areas everywhere in the world^[2]Zomato.

Zomato found in July 2008

As indicated by the sources, Zomato procured its opponent Uber Eats’ business in India in an all-stock arrangement on 21 January 2020. As per Wikipedia, the income of Zomato is around $210 million (INR 1530 Crore).

Some Lesser Known Facts About Deepinder Goyal 

• After starting up the business, Deepinder faces some problems but later, he overcomes these problems.
• According to the sources, his company Zomato also became part of many controversies.
• In July 2019, some Hindu customers denied taking orders from Zomato because it was delivered by a non-Hindu boy.
• They also complained to Zomato for providing a delivery boy who belongs to the Hindu religion.
• After that, Zomato’s official Twitter account made a tweet that “Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion”.
• There are many other competitors of Zomato are available like Swiggy, Food Panda, and others.
• A question related to the founder of Zomato has also appeared in the famous reality quiz gaming show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” in the year 2020.

umm… I would like to use a lifeline pic.twitter.com/BuV1RhBXYI

— zomato (@zomato) December 9, 2020

• According to his social media handles, he is a travel enthusiast and likes to travel to different countries with friends.
• Being a professional businessman, Deepinder has great links with many popular entrepreneurs and investors.