Explore CEO profiles for the world’s most innovative fintech companies — from PayPal and Stripe to Coinbase, Paytm, and Zerodha. Each profile covers salary, net worth, email, career history, and startup founding stories.
PayPal
Coinbase
Stripe
BankBazaar
Cred
Paytm MD
PolicyBazaar
Razorpay
Western Union
MobiKwik
Zerodha
PhonePe
Paytm Founder
FreeCharge
Capital Float
Updated February 2026 · 16 CEO profiles
| # | CEO | Company | Age | Net Worth | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Collison | Stripe | 34 | $10–16 billion | — |
| 2 | Brian Armstrong | Coinbase | 40 | ~$7.4 billion | — |
| 3 | Nithin Kamath | Zerodha | 46 | $4.5–5 billion | — |
| 4 | Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Paytm MD | 42 | ~$1.27 billion | — |
| 5 | Harshil Mathur | Razorpay | 34 | ~$1.04 billion (₹8,643 crore) | — |
| 6 | Kunal Shah | Cred | 41 | ~$600 million (₹5,000 crore) | — |
| 7 | Yashish Dahiya | PolicyBazaar | 49 | ~₹4,100 crore (~$490M) | — |
| 8 | Sameer Nigam | PhonePe | 47 | $400–500 million | — |
| 9 | Bipin Preet Singh | MobiKwik | 45 | ~$270 million (combined with co-founder wife) | — |
| 10 | Adhil Shetty | BankBazaar | 41 | $40–55 million | — |
FreeCharge, the Axis Bank-owned digital payments and financial services platform, is led by CEO Sumit Bhatnagar. Appointed CEO in December 2023, Bhatnagar has been with FreeCharge since 2017, rising through the ranks from Head of Payments & Platform Product Management to Chief Business and Product Officer before taking the helm. Under his leadership, FreeCharge has […]
Important Update: Alex Chriss is no longer the CEO of PayPal. On February 3, 2026, PayPal announced that Enrique Lores (former HP Inc. CEO and PayPal Board Chair) would succeed Chriss as President and CEO, effective March 1, 2026. Chriss served as PayPal CEO from September 27, 2023 to February 28, 2026. The information below […]
Devin McGranahan is the President & CEO of Western Union (NYSE: WU), one of the world’s largest money transfer companies. McGranahan was appointed CEO in December 2021, succeeding Hikmet Ersek after more than 20 years of leadership experience in financial services and payments. A former McKinsey & Company senior partner and Fiserv executive, McGranahan has […]
⚠ Leadership Update: Dan Schulman is no longer the CEO of PayPal. He retired as President & CEO on September 27, 2023, and was succeeded by Alex Chriss. In a subsequent leadership change, PayPal’s Board replaced Chriss with Enrique Lores (former HP Inc. CEO), effective March 1, 2026. Since October 2025, Dan Schulman serves as […]
Brian Armstrong – Chairman & CEO of Coinbase Brian Armstrong is the Chairman & CEO of Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), the largest regulated cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Armstrong co-founded Coinbase in 2012 after discovering Bitcoin’s white paper while working at Airbnb. Under his leadership, Coinbase went public via a direct listing on […]
Patrick Collison – Co-Founder & CEO of Stripe Patrick Collison is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stripe, the world’s most valuable private fintech company. Born in rural Ireland, Collison co-founded Stripe in 2010 with his brother John, and has since built it into a payments infrastructure giant processing $1.9 trillion in total payment volume in […]
Adhil Shetty – Co-Founder & CEO of BankBazaar Adhil Shetty is the Co-Founder & CEO of BankBazaar.com, India’s largest online marketplace for financial products. Since co-founding the company in 2008 with his brother Arjun Shetty and sister-in-law Rati Shetty, Adhil has built BankBazaar into a platform serving millions of consumers who compare and apply for […]
Kunal Shah is the Founder & CEO of CRED, one of India’s most talked-about fintech startups. A serial entrepreneur who sold his first startup FreeCharge to Snapdeal for $400 million in 2015 — then India’s largest internet acquisition — Shah launched CRED in April 2018 as a members-only credit card rewards platform targeting India’s most […]
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Founder, Managing Director & CEO of One97 Communications (Paytm), India’s leading digital payments and financial services company. Sharma founded One97 Communications in 2000 and launched Paytm as a mobile recharge platform in 2010. The brand became synonymous with digital payments in India after the 2016 demonetization wave. He led Paytm […]
Yashish Dahiya is the Chairman, Executive Director & Group CEO of PB Fintech Limited, the parent company of PolicyBazaar — India’s largest online insurance aggregator and financial marketplace. A serial entrepreneur with degrees from IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, and INSEAD, Dahiya co-founded PolicyBazaar in 2008 and has built it into a platform processing over $2 […]
Razorpay, India’s leading full-stack payments and financial technology company, was co-founded in December 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar in Bangalore, India. Today, Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur leads the company’s mission to simplify digital payments for businesses across India and beyond. With a valuation of $9.2 billion following its Series G funding round, Razorpay […]
⚠️ Note: Hikmet Ersek served as CEO of Western Union from 2010 to 2021. The current CEO is Devin McGranahan (since January 2022). The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border money movement and payments, was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Hikmet Ersek served as President and CEO of Western […]
Bipin Preet Singh – Co-Founder, Managing Director & CEO of MobiKwik Bipin Preet Singh is the Co-Founder, Managing Director & CEO of MobiKwik, one of India’s leading digital payments and financial services platforms. Singh co-founded MobiKwik in August 2009 with his wife Upasana Taku, starting with just ₹8 lakh ($9,700) in personal savings from a […]
Zerodha, India’s largest discount stock brokerage firm, was co-founded in 2010 by Nithin Kamath and his brother Nikhil Kamath in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Today, Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath leads a revolutionary fintech company that serves over 68 lakh (6.8 million) active clients, manages equity investments exceeding ₹4.5 lakh crore, and has disrupted the Indian brokerage industry […]
Sameer Nigam – Co-Founder & CEO of PhonePe Sameer Nigam is the Co-Founder & CEO of PhonePe, India’s dominant digital payments platform. Born in 1978 in Delhi, Nigam co-founded PhonePe in December 2015 alongside Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer, building it into the country’s largest UPI payments app with over 650 million registered users and […]
Paytm, India’s leading digital payments and financial services platform, was founded in 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma as a mobile recharge and bill payment app under the parent company One97 Communications Limited. Today, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma leads a business listed on the NSE (ticker: PAYTM) with a market capitalization exceeding Rs 76,000 crore […]
Leadership Update: Sangram Singh is no longer the CEO of FreeCharge. He served as CEO from October 2017 to 2019, overseeing the platform’s integration into Axis Bank’s digital ecosystem. Sumit Bhatnagar currently leads FreeCharge as CEO (appointed December 2023). After leaving FreeCharge, Singh returned to Axis Bank as President of the Commercial Banking Group before […]
Important Update: Sashank Rishyasringa co-founded Capital Float (now axio) in 2013 and served as CEO before transitioning to Co-Founder & Managing Director. In September 2025, Amazon completed its acquisition of axio for approximately $200 million. Rishyasringa and co-founder Gaurav Hinduja continue to lead axio as an Amazon subsidiary. Sashank Rishyasringa – Co-Founder & Managing Director, […]
Sampad Swain — Co-Founder & CEO of Instamojo Sampad Swain is the Co-Founder & CEO of Instamojo, one of India’s leading Digital Commerce-as-a-Service (DCaaS) platforms for small businesses and D2C brands. Swain co-founded Instamojo in September 2012 alongside Aditya Sengupta, Akash Gehani, and Harshad Sharma, transforming a simple payment link tool into a comprehensive e-commerce […]