Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal hires 2 for chief of staff position, says 18 others joined in 'high-impact roles'

Deepinder Goyal

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal has hired two people for the much-publicised position of chief of staff out of more than 18,000 applicants who applied for the role, the founder of the Gurugram-based food and grocery delivery giant said on February 5.

The company "met" 150 of the applicants and 30 of them received offers, of which 18 have already joined the company in "high-impact roles", Goyal said on the X platform.  Of the 18, four work directly with him. Two of them are in chief of staff roles, he said.

All the employees were being "handsomely compensated" for the value they bring and that nobody paid anything to work with Zomato.

"Who are these 30 people? Founders who bootstrapped startups from their dorm rooms, engineers who rewrote entire tech stacks over a weekend, operators who turned chaos into scale, and a handful of brilliant young minds fresh out of college—people we believe will lead us into the future," he said in the post.

Hiring update on the Chief of Staff We started with 18,000+ applications and have had the privilege of meeting over 150 incredibly talented individuals. From this, 30 exceptional people received offers, and 18 have already joined Zomato (and other group companies like Blinkit) https://t.co/8a6XhgeOGk
Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) February 5, 2025

"They weren’t optimizing for short-term outcomes but for compounding impact—the most misunderstood mathematical miracle. Finding people who truly get this is rare, and I’m grateful we did," he added.

He also the hiring hasn't stopped yet. "And we’re not done. With 18,000+ applications, we’re still carefully sifting through this amazing talent pool. This isn’t just a one-time hiring sprint — it’s a long-term investment in the people who will build the future with us. We’ll keep reaching out to the right folks, slowly but surely," he said.

In November, Goyal announced that he was looking for a chief of staff to help him run the company. In the post Goyal said the chief of staff would not be paid a salary for one year. Instead, the selected candidate would have to pay Rs 20 lakh to Zomato, the CEO of Zomato said before backtracking on this announcement.