Bad news for Zomato as Deepinder Goyal’s close aide resigns due to…, he was…

In a major setbackf for Zomato, its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Rinshul Chandra, has resigned from the company. Chandra, considered a close-aide of Zomato founder and CEO, Deepinder Goyal, said he was stepping down as the COO of the online food delivery giant, to “pursue new opportunities and passions”.

“It has been an incredibly fulfilling journey over the past seven years, and I am truly grateful for the trust, support, and opportunities I’ve received during my time here. I wish our world-class teams at Eternal the very best,” Rinshul Chandra wrote in his resignation letter, according to an exchange filing on Saturday.

As per the filing, April 7, 2025 (Monday), will mark Rinshul Chandra’s last working day at Zomato.

Zomato is now ‘Eternal’

Notably, Zomato Ltd recently approved its name change to ‘Eternal’ to mark its expanding business portfolio. In February, Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal told shareholders that name change would only apply to the company, not the brand or the mobile app itself.

According to reports, Zomato’s four core verticals — its flagship food delivery service, quick-commerce platform Blinkit, B2B supplies business Hyperpure, and its dining-out platform District– will now be included under the ‘Eternal’ umbrella.

The name change is reportedly set to come into effect on April 9, 2025.

About Zomato

Zomato, a multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company, was co-founded by its current CEO Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008, and has since grown into the leading online food-delivery platform in the country, with a market cap of Rs 2.78 lakh crore.

Over the years, Zomato has expanded its presence to other countries through strategic acquisitions, such as Cibando in Italy and Gastronauci in Poland..

In 2022, Zomato ventured into the quick-commerce platform space by acquiring Blinkit, previously known as Grofers, to take on its competitors Swiggy’s Instamart, Zepto, among others.

Apart from a successful foray in the the quick-commerce sector, Zomato also operates HyperPure, a B2B platform which sells spices, fruits, vegetables and dairy products to hotels, restaurants and caterers.

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