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Snapdeal appoints turnaround man Jason Kothari as CEO of Freecharge

E-commerce firm invests a further $20 million into Freecharge to recapitalise company

Jason Kothari
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Jason Kothari

Alnoor Peermohamed Bengaluru
Snapdeal has appointed former online real estate portal Housing.com executive Jason Kothari to the position of Chief Executive Officer of its digital payments subsidiary Freecharge, while also committing to invest a further $20 million into the firm.
Kothari's appointment to the role comes a month after former Freecharge CEO Govind Rajan quit the company and amid growing concerns of Freecharge losing out to larger rival Paytm in India's fast growing digital payments space.
"Jason is a strong, strategic and versatile business leader & entrepreneur who has already been the CEO of two successful companies. We are delighted to announce his leadership role

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