5 Facts About CREDs' CEO Kunal Shah

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Before starting CRED in 2018, Kunal founded Freecharge, which was later acquired by Snapdeal for $450 Mn.

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Kunal takes INR 15000 as salary from CRED per month. "I can survive as I sold my company Freecharge in the past." Kunal wrote on Instagram

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Kunal is an avid angel investor and has invested in many startups like slice, Rapido,Shiprocket, Unacademy, Razorpay, Zetwerk, Digit, and many more!

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Kunal Shah was named as the chairman of IAMAI in 2016.

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In 2021, Pine Labs brought on the company’s board CRED founder Kunal Shah

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