Shashank Kumar

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Shashank Kumar is an IIT Roorkee Alumni, [1] who co-founded Razorpay. [2] [3] [4] An Unicorn Fintech startup, in 2014. [5] [6] He is currently the managing director of the Organisation. [7] [8]

Shashank Kumar
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NationalityIndian
Alma materIIT Roorkee
OccupationFounder & MD, Razorpay
OrganizationRazorpay

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References

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