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Zepto loses multiple top executives within a year

By Startup Enthusiast · 6 November 2025

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At least nine senior executives, including the CEO of its meat business, resigned in late 2024

Most departing executives had joined within the past year, with some leaving after less than a year

Several remaining leaders are now handling the meat and cafe verticals

Chandan Rungta, who joined as CEO of Zepto's meat business in December 2024, resigned less than a year later.
Chandresh Dedhia, Vice President of IT, joined in December 2024 and also left within a year.
Shashank Shekhar Sharma, CXO of Zepto Cafe, left in October 2024, having previously worked at Chai Point and spent over three years at Zepto.
Shashank Shekhar Sharma, CXO of Zepto Cafe, left in October 2024 after over three years at the company.
Anant Rastogi, senior director, left after more than four years at Zepto.
Suraj Sipani, business head, and Roshan Shaikh, chief expansion officer, each left after over four years.
Vijay Bandhiya, director of strategy who joined in 2022, also left.
The ESOP (employee stock option plan) vesting cycle of outgoing employees was aligned with their departure dates.

The departures span multiple verticals—meat, cafe, IT, strategy, and expansion.
Most senior hires who joined in 2024 resigned within a year, signaling possible mismatches or restructuring.
The meat business had recently grown using private label Relish and relisted Licious, with consumer preferences split between the two brands.

Zepto is a quick commerce company that delivers groceries and daily essentials in about 10 minutes.
It operates in major Indian cities through a network of dark stores (small warehouses for fast dispatch).

Product: A rapid-delivery app for groceries and everyday essentials.
Customers: Consumers ordering groceries and essentials online.
How it makes money: It earns from product margins, delivery fees, and order-value thresholds across its quick-commerce network.
What sets it apart: It was built as a quick-commerce native company from day one.
Operations: Operates dark-store based 10-minute delivery across multiple Indian cities.