Zomato names Chief People Officer Akriti Chopra as co-founder ahead of IPO

Not the first time Zomato has made an exec a co-founder; Mohit Gupta, CEO of food delivery business and Gaurav Gupta, COO, were so named earlier

Initial public offering (IPO)-bound Zomato has named its Chief People Officer Akriti Chopra as a founder of the food delivery platform, adding another name under its Founders Programme.

 
Last year, the food delivery firm named Mohit Gupta - the chief executive officer (CEO) of its food delivery business - as co-founder.
 
Gaurav Gupta, its chief operating officer, was also named co-founder earlier. These elevations are part of an initiative Zomato launched in 2019 called the Zomato Founders Programme.
 
In its first-half report for 2019-20, CEO Deepinder Goyal had said, "We formalised a programme where people who have contributed