Founder Profile
Rahul Chari
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Rahul Chari?
Rahul Chari is a founder of PhonePe, which was founded in 2015 with Sameer Nigam and Burzin Engineer.
- Company founded
- PhonePe
- Founded
- 2015
- Co-founders
- Sameer Nigam and Burzin Engineer
Background
Indian software engineer and former Flipkart executive.
Founding Story
Rahul Chari co-founded PhonePe in 2015 alongside Sameer Nigam. As a highly experienced technical architect (he previously served as VP of Engineering at Flipkart), he built PhonePe's incredibly robust backend infrastructure, ensuring the app could smoothly process absolutely massive spikes in transaction volume without crashing during peak Indian festivals. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Moneycontrol: PhonePe FY26 revenue and loss (PhonePe)
- ETBFSI: PhonePe revenue mix from DRHP (PhonePe)