Deepinder Goyal

Goyal was born on January 26, 1983, in Muktsar, Punjab. He studied Integrated M.Tech in Mathematics & Computing at IIT Delhi^[5]. Goyal was previously married to Kanchan Joshi. He married Grecia Goyal(née Muñoz) in February 2024.^[6][7][8]

Goyal started his career at Bain and Company in 2005. He quit in 2008 to found Foodiebay.com with Pankaj Chaddah which was a precursor to Zomato and featured digitized menus of restaurants in Delhi NCR. Foodiebay.com rebranded to Zomato in 2010.

By 2017, Zomato was valued at over $1 Billion and in 2021 it became India's first unicorn startup to be listed on the stock exchange.^[9]

Goyal has also served on the board of directors for companies like Unacademy^[10][11]. He also joined as a Judge for Shark Tank India Season 3.^[12]

Goyal stepped down in January 2026 as CEO of Zomato while remaining on board as Vice President of Eternal.^[13][14]

Goyal has also founded companies LAT Aerospace^[15] and Temple^[16]. LAT Aerospace is an aerospace company focused on building STOL aircraft and acquired Sharang Shakti, a Robotics startup in 2026, focused on expanding to defense sector.^[17] Temple is a HealthTech startup focused on making wearables.^[18] Goyal has also invested in companies like Bluestone Jewellery^[19], Continue Research^[20][21], Park+^[22][23] and Ultrahuman^[24][25].