PhonePe's Sameer Nigam asks Bharat's 1.3 billion people

Name: PhonePe's Sameer Nigam asks Bharat's 1.3 billion people
Uploaded: 2020-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 12 min 44 s

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In an interaction with YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma, Sameer Nigam, Founder and CEO of PhonePe, said his company has launched a Rs 100 crore pledge to the Prime Minister’s fund to lift the mood of the country in this period of COVID-19 crisis. "We are asking every Indian to unite together and donate, even if it's just Re 1, to the PM CARES Fund. Our mission is to get 10 crore people to donate to this cause and create a world record for the highest ever number of donors for a cause in history," he added.

About Sameer Nigam

Sameer Nigam is the Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at PhonePe. Before starting PhonePe, Sameer along with PhonePe co-founder Rahul Chari started digital content distribution platform, Mime360, in 2009. Mime360 was acquired by Flipkart in October 2011, and the 12-member team got absorbed by Indian ecommerce giant, Flipkart. A Wharton School-alumni, Sameer overlooked multiple functions including Business Development, Digital distribution and Marketing during his stint at Flipkart. In his last role, he left Flipkart as the Senior Vice President of Engineering.

About Shradha Sharma

Shradha Sharma is the Founder and Chief Editor of YourStory. Shradha lives her life in stories. And believes, every story is unique and every story matters. Armed with degrees from St. Stephens College, Delhi and MICA, Ahmedabad, prior to founding YourStory Shradha worked with Times of India and CNBC TV18.

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