Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy highlights growth, AI investment, IPO plans, and the company's legal domicile shift to India to better align with the country's economy and regulations

Flipkart board directs CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy to halve the company's monthly cash burn from $40 million to $20 million as firm eyes IPO and plans to shift legal base from Singapore to India

Kalyan Krishnamurthy expects the fallout of the global macro environment next year in areas such as company valuations and the funding environment as well

'We have focused on compliance as a very key and fundamental pillar of the company for the last several years', he said

Sikaria, who is Senior Vice President - Growth and Monetization, Flipkart, has been with the firm since 2015

During a town hall meeting, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy told the employees that the firm aims to become a $100 billion company in terms of valuation

Cleartrip will continue to operate as a separate brand, retaining all employees, says Flipkart

As the e-commerce firm focuses on building and growing its business further, it has made a few leadership role changes in areas such as supply chain, category design operations and fintech and payment

The estimated size of the retail commerce economy in India will be more than $1 trillion in the next 3-4 years, said Krishnamurthy

E-commerce major Flipkart announced a "partial spin-off" of PhonePe as the digital payment firm raises $700 million in funding, valuing it at $5.5 billion

With the pandemic bringing about a change in consumer behaviour and an increase in online adoption, Flipkart has been focusing on enhancing consumer experiences by strengthening tech capabilities

The Walmart-owned firm is looking at an online-offline business combination, quite like rivals Amazon and Reliance JioMart.

Being an industry leader, the role that Flipkart plays is to expand the market, says Krishnamurthy

Arvind Youth Brands is Arvind Fashions' recently-formed subsidiary which will own the Flying Machine brand

Venugopal will provide strategic leadership to the organisation and define the technology vision for the company with a specific focus on building future capabilities across product and engineering

The number of brands and merchants and ecosystem players, who are participating in the festival season this year, has gone up several times, says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Flipkart Samarth has been designed to support artisans in their e-commerce journey from onboarding till they get familiar to selling products online, says the CEO

Krishnamurthy is a veteran at marquee investor Tiger Global, which has been an investor in Flipkart since 2011