Kunal Shah is now the cool inspirational icon of Internet

Kunal Shah is now the cool inspirational icon of Internet

Here is how Internet is gushing about the next techno guy-

Here is how Internet is gushing about the next techno guy-

1. At 14, his family went bankrupt and lost their home. At 15, he was a delivery boy selling pirated CDs to survive. He picked a philosophy degree for one reason: classes ended by 10am, so he could work the rest of the day. No IIT. No MBA (he dropped out). No safety net. Then he built FreeCharge and sold it for $400M. Then he built CRED into a $4.5B company, processing 40% of India's credit card bills, while paying himself 15k a month. Today Kunal Shah runs WhatsApp. 3 billion users. One kid from a broke Mumbai household now leads the most used app

1. At 14, his family went bankrupt and lost their home. At 15, he was a delivery boy selling pirated CDs to survive. He picked a philosophy degree for one reason: classes ended by 10am, so he could work the rest of the day. No IIT. No MBA (he dropped out). No safety net. Then he built FreeCharge and sold it for $400M. Then he built CRED into a $4.5B company, processing 40% of India's credit card bills, while paying himself 15k a month. Today Kunal Shah runs WhatsApp. 3 billion users. One kid from a broke Mumbai household now leads the most used app

2. The journey of Kunal Shah. Born and raised in Mumbai. From Mumbai to the global tech stage. Truly inspiring.

2. The journey of Kunal Shah. Born and raised in Mumbai. From Mumbai to the global tech stage. Truly inspiring.

3. Meet Kunal Shah, a MBA dropout with no degree and no backup plan in 2004. Twenty-two years later, he has gone from startup founder to the man chosen to lead WhatsApp globally.

3. Meet Kunal Shah, a MBA dropout with no degree and no backup plan in 2004. Twenty-two years later, he has gone from startup founder to the man chosen to lead WhatsApp globally.

4. A kid from Mumbai who chose philosophy over engineering became the CEO of the world's largest messaging platform. His name is Kunal Shah. The platform is WhatsApp and almost nobody outside India knows his full story. The kid who couldn't study what he wanted built a $400 million exit, then a $4.5 billion company, then got handed 3 billion users. India keeps producing these people. The world keeps being surprised.

4. A kid from Mumbai who chose philosophy over engineering became the CEO of the world's largest messaging platform. His name is Kunal Shah. The platform is WhatsApp and almost nobody outside India knows his full story. The kid who couldn't study what he wanted built a $400 million exit, then a $4.5 billion company, then got handed 3 billion users. India keeps producing these people. The world keeps being surprised.

5. Taste >>>>> Money, Engineers, Users . Kunal Shah proves it, once again Take a bow (shehan) Shah ji

5. Taste >>>>> Money, Engineers, Users . Kunal Shah proves it, once again Take a bow (shehan) Shah ji

6. Meta just paid 900 million dollars to hire one man. The 20 percent of an Indian fintech that came attached was almost beside the point. Here is how you know. Meta gets no board seat and no access to the company's data. None. A check that size with no control and no data is not an investment in a business. It is an acqui-hire wearing a minority stake as a disguise. The man is Kunal Shah, founder of CRED, and he is leaving Bangalore to run WhatsApp for the entire planet.

6. Meta just paid 900 million dollars to hire one man. The 20 percent of an Indian fintech that came attached was almost beside the point. Here is how you know. Meta gets no board seat and no access to the company's data. None. A check that size with no control and no data is not an investment in a business. It is an acqui-hire wearing a minority stake as a disguise. The man is Kunal Shah, founder of CRED, and he is leaving Bangalore to run WhatsApp for the entire planet.

7. The Remarkable Journey of Kunal Shah – From Mumbai Streets to Global Tech Stage. From supporting his family at 15 to building billion-dollar companies — this is what grit and execution look like. Kunal Shah’s story proves that formal education is not the only path. Pure inspiration

7. The Remarkable Journey of Kunal Shah – From Mumbai Streets to Global Tech Stage. From supporting his family at 15 to building billion-dollar companies — this is what grit and execution look like. Kunal Shah’s story proves that formal education is not the only path. Pure inspiration

8. His name is Kunal Shah. Today Meta named him the global head of WhatsApp, the messaging app used by more than three billion people around the world.. A man who built an app around paying credit card bills is about to run the most used messaging service in the world.

8. His name is Kunal Shah. Today Meta named him the global head of WhatsApp, the messaging app used by more than three billion people around the world.. A man who built an app around paying credit card bills is about to run the most used messaging service in the world.

9. Congratulations to @kunalb11on building one of India’s most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys. Kunal represents the very best of India’s startup ecosystem: bold thinking, intellectual curiosity, relentless execution and the ability to challenge conventional wisdom.

9. Congratulations to @kunalb11on building one of India’s most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys. Kunal represents the very best of India’s startup ecosystem: bold thinking, intellectual curiosity, relentless execution and the ability to challenge conventional wisdom.

10. INDIAN FOREX JUST HIT THE JACKPOT! Kunal Shah - Simply Amazing !!! You didn’t just join to lead WhatsApp — you brought $900 MILLION straight from Meta into CRED, supercharging India’s Forex Reserves like never before! This is the kind of deal that makes the world sit up and notice. Indian brilliance on the global stage, massive capital inflow, and a proud moment for every desi like me. Huge congratulations @kunalb11.You’re rewriting the rules and making the nation richer in every way! This is how legends are made. Naya India Rising!

10. INDIAN FOREX JUST HIT THE JACKPOT! Kunal Shah - Simply Amazing !!! You didn’t just join to lead WhatsApp — you brought $900 MILLION straight from Meta into CRED, supercharging India’s Forex Reserves like never before! This is the kind of deal that makes the world sit up and notice. Indian brilliance on the global stage, massive capital inflow, and a proud moment for every desi like me. Huge congratulations @kunalb11.You’re rewriting the rules and making the nation richer in every way! This is how legends are made. Naya India Rising!

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