Deepinder Goyal

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2026 finalist, India
Founder, Eternal Ltd

Deepinder Goyal is turning meals, moments and marketplaces into connected experiences.

Photographic portrait of Deepinder Goyal

Raised in a modest household in Punjab, Deepinder Goyal set out to make restaurant information easier to access. That early idea grew into a broader mission to empower consumers and small businesses through technology at scale, while creating sustainable livelihoods across India’s service economy.

In 2008, he founded Zomato (now Eternal) in an effort to shape India’s online food delivery and restaurant discovery landscape. Under his leadership, the company evolved from a single-product startup into a multi-business consumer technology platform. As one of India’s earliest unicorns, Zomato’s public listing in 2021 marked a turning point for the country’s startup ecosystem, signaling the arrival of homegrown digital companies in public markets.

Today, Eternal is India’s largest listed new-age consumer internet company by market capitalization and the first digital native company to join the BSE Sensex. Its portfolio spans food delivery with Zomato, quick commerce with Blinkit, going out and experiences with District, and restaurant supplies with Hyperpure. With more than 100 million annual transacting customers and over 1 trillion rupees in order value, Eternal supports millions of earning opportunities, strengthening local economies through technology enabled marketplaces.

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