Kalyan Krishnamurthy

The high-level meeting comes weeks after Moneycontrol reported that Flipkart has begun groundwork to shift its base back to India from Singapore ahead of a planned public listing, though the timeline remains uncertain.

Flipkart won’t trade market share for profit, says Walmart International CEO

Kathryn McLay signaled continued bets on quick commerce, fashion and fintech despite tighter burn targets, while speaking at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference

Flipkart currently clocking 20–25% growth in customers, orders; aims for 30% by June: CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

From quick commerce and fashion-led growth to AI bets and an India domicile shift, Flipkart laid out its next playbook at its May 26 townhall

Flipkart plans new startup within company, VP and CoS Ashish Vijayvergiya to head operations

The initial plan was for Ashish to start a fantasy gaming platform, but the ideas are still evolving so it is not clear if that will be the final form of the business

Flipkart Minutes to set up 800 dark stores by 2025-end: CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Speaking at Walmart’s annual Investment Community Meeting on April 9, Krishnamurthy said that Flipkart is investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI), and making efforts to integrate the technology across all the company’s verticals.

Flipkart SVP Sandeep Kohli set to depart as top-level churn continues

Kohli joins a growing list of senior executives who are on their way out as Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy pushes for better execution with an aim to turn the e-commerce giant profitable.

Increasing customer frequency to Flipkart app is key, says CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Flipkart has around 500 million users on its platform, while expansion is key the firm has turned its main focus towards increasing the user frequency to the app.

Flipkart will go slow on hiring, says CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

The Walmart-owned e-commerce giant recently let go of 1,000 employees, as part of its annual performance review exercise. The prolonged funding winter saw major Indian startups handing out pink slips to their employees in 2023, as companies attempt to realign cost structures.

MC Interview: No better job than Flipkart CEO in the world, says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

After seven years at the helm, e-commerce chieftain talks about steering the internet behemoth through changes in India's retail sector, changing ownership of the company, and ongoing AI disruption. Krishnamurthy believes the next phase in e-commerce growth lies in fixing the gap between people who buy monthly and those who buy once a year.

Governance in Indian startups needs to improve, more independent directors needed: Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

According to Krishnamurthy, shareholders and management are too closely involved with the company for them to raise tough questions.

MC Interview: Flipkart to launch its payment product within a month, says CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Even as e-commerce giant Flipkart is expanding its financial services portfolio with credit, UPI and insurance, Krishnamurthy says the aim is to enhance the frequency of transactions on the ecommerce platform, adding that it has no ambitions to become a large payments company.

Flipkart to let go of 1,000 employees as part of annual performance review

The move to cut jobs comes at a time when Flipkart has frozen fresh hiring for at least 6-7 months to lower costs.

Moment of truth for Indian startups likely next year: Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Panel discussion at Bengaluru Tech Summit discussed valuations, India’s strength in the tech and startup ecosystem, backing innovative local ideas and the way forward, among others.

We are cutting down experiments, capex and M&As to preserve cash: Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Flipkart CEO says the digital shift due to Covid was overestimated by the markets.

Myntra CEO Amar Nagaram steps down

According to an email by Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy to employees, Nagaram will be at Myntra till December-end to ensure a smooth transition, and will continue to be associated in an advisory role.

Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy meets FM Nirmala Sitharaman

While details of the meeting were not shared, sources said the top executive informed the minister of the company's engagement with sellers, especially micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Flipkart rejigs board, adds CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Keki Mistry, 2 others

While the company hasn't officially announced plans for IPO, there have been reports that Walmart is exploring options to list Flipkart in the US.

Walmart, Flipkart Group pump in additional investment in Ninjacart

The companies, however, did not disclose the amount being invested.

Flipkart says 'respects' govt revised decision on sale of non-essential goods

Four days after allowing e-commerce firms to also deliver non-essential items such as electronic goods and readymade garments, the government on Sunday said sale of non-essential items will continue to be prohibited during the lockdown period till May 3.

Binny Bansal, Kalyan Krishnamurthy invest in Terraview

The company plans to use the funds to solve problems of fungal disease, bacterial infection, soil hydration, canopy cover and weather assessment using proprietary technology.

Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamurthy sees Uttar Pradesh becoming India's first trillion-dollar state economy

Krishnamurthy also said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "vision and enabling initiatives will boost investor confidence in the state" as ease of doing business is expected to improve.

New CEO could replace Krishnamurthy at Flipkart a year after Walmart's big bang acquisition

US retail giant redrawing strategy ahead of shareholders’ meet in the first week of June

Focussed on bringing next 200 mn Indians into e-commerce fold: Flipkart CEO

Speaking to PTI, Krishnamurthy said Flipkart will continue to invest in innovation for consumers and sellers in the coming year as it focusses on "impactful, inclusive growth" to get the next set of 200 million Indians shopping online.

Flipkart acquires AI-led speech recognition startup Liv.ai

It will become a Flipkart center of excellence for Voice solutions, and help accelerate an end-to-end conversational shopping experience for its users

Flipkart to showcase its operations to customers

"Customers are our most important stakeholder... We want to thank customers for being a part of our fabulous journey by giving them an inside track on Flipkart and showing them how we go about fulfilling their wishes," Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said in a statement.