Meet Kunal Shah, serial entrepreneur and Meta’s pick to lead WhatsApp
From pioneering one of India’s early digital payments ventures to building the fintech unicorn CRED and backing scores of startups, Kunal Shah has been a prominent face of the country’s technology ecosystem for almost two decades. He now gears up to script his most prominent global leadership role to date — running WhatsApp, the world’s largest messaging platform.
The serial entrepreneur and prolific angel investor has been named the next head of WhatsApp, succeeding long-time chief Will Cathcart. Cathcart is helping guide Shah through this transition and will take on a new role at Meta, building new products from the ground up.
