Deepinder Goyal Steps Down As Eternal CEO To Pursue High-risk Exploration And Experimentation

 

 

Mumbai : Zomato’s parent firm Eternal Limited on Wednesday announced a major leadership change, with its CEO Deepinder Goyal resigning from his position with effect from February 1, 2026. The company said Albinder Dhindsa (Albi), who is currently the CEO of Blinkit, will take over as the new chief executive. In a letter addressed to the shareholders, Goyal said he has recently been drawn towards new ideas that involve higher levels of risk, experimentation and exploration. Why did he resign? He explained that such ideas are better pursued outside a public company like Eternal, which needs to stay focused and disciplined in its current business strategy. “Of late, I have found myself drawn to a set of new ideas that involve significantly higher-risk exploration and experimentation,” he said. “These are the kinds of ideas that are better pursued outside a public company like Eternal,” Goyal added. He added that if these ideas belonged inside Eternal’s strategic scope, I would have pursued them within the company and "they do not." The founder of Zomato said the company "deserves to remain focused, and disciplined, while exploring new areas of growth that are relevant to its current line of business." He claimed that he has personal bandwidth to do it while continuing at the helm of Eternal, but has decided otherwise due to legal requirements that demand singular focus. "While I believe I personally have the bandwidth to continue what I am doing at Eternal, and also explore new ideas outside of it, the expectations, legal and otherwise, of a public company CEO in India demand singular focus."