Surojit Chatterjee: Ex-Google exec's 2020 move to Coinbase worth Rs 5k cr

The chief product officer, an IIT Kharagpur graduate, has been with Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, for just 15 months

Even for Silicon Valley, Surojit Chatterjee’s rise to extraordinary wealth, amounting to nearly Rs 5,000 crore (or $646 million) was lightning fast.

The chief product officer has been with Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, for just 15 months. The former Google executive’s Coinbase stake was worth about $180.8 million after its first volatile day of trading in New York on Wednesday. He’s also set to receive share options within the next five years that are currently worth about $465.5 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Chatterjee, who was 46 as of February and oversees product management and design,