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.
