Zomato, the Indian meals supply firm backed by China’s Ant Group, is contemplating reorganising its administration so that every of its particular person companies would have its personal CEO, whereas the dad or mum firm could be renamed “Everlasting”, an inside firm memo seen by Reuters stated.
Zomato’s CEO Deepinder Goyal within the memo said that the corporate was no longer solely operating the Zomato meals supply enterprise but additionally different giant companies.
Goyal stated these included Zomato’s proposed buy of grocery-delivery startup Blinkit, kitchen and meals elements provide enterprise Hyperpure, and Feeding India, a not-for-profit agency that goals to scale back starvation in India’s poor communities.
“We’re transitioning from an organization the place I used to be the CEO to a spot the place we can have a number of CEOs operating every of our companies…all appearing as friends to one another,” Goyal stated within the memo.
Zomato didn’t instantly reply to an e mail looking for remark.
A supply accustomed to the matter stated the memo was posted by Goyal final week. It was first reported by Indian information portal Moneycontrol on Monday.
Zomato’s shares plunged to a report low final week as a one-year share lock-in interval for promoters, staff and different traders expired.
The corporate made a stellar debut on July 23, 2021 on the Mumbai inventory market, however its shares have misplaced greater than 60% of their worth since then on issues about valuations and development amid turmoil amongst world development shares.
Goyal additionally stated within the memo that “Everlasting”, the proposed identify for the dad or mum organisation, would stay an “inside identify for now.”
Zomato on Monday posted a smaller quarterly loss, helped by a rise in orders for restaurant meals on its platform.
The corporate’s internet loss stood at 1.86 billion Indian rupees ($23.53 million) for the three months ended June 30, in contrast with a lack of 3.56 billion rupees a yr in the past, the corporate stated in a regulatory submitting.