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Rujul Zaparde
Founder of Zip
San Francisco, California
Overview
Rujul Zaparde is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zip, based in San Francisco, California, with a background in entrepreneurship and start-ups. With a career that includes founding successful ventures like FlightCar and leading Zip, Zaparde has demonstrated expertise in business strategy, venture capital, and strategic partnerships.
Zaparde has a notable track record of founding and leading successful ventures, such as FlightCar, and currently serves as the Co-Founder & CEO of Zip, showcasing strong entrepreneurial skills and a focus on business development and strategic planning.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & CEO
2020 - Current
Zip is an intake and procurement orchestration platform that enables users to initiate purchase requests across the enterprise.
Raised $371,325,000.00 from DST Global, Adams Street Partners, Bond, Alkeon Capital, CRV and Y Combinator.
Visiting Partner
2019 - 2020
Product Manager, Trips & Search
2017 - 2019
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
Co-Founder & CEO
2012 - 2016
Dropped out of Harvard at 17 to start FlightCar. Grew to 100+ employees and 12 locations over the next few years. Served as CEO from founding to exit, to Mercedes-Benz.
Co-Founder
2007 - 2016
Started Drinking Water for India (nonprofit) while in school. To date, we've built 50+ wells in Indian villages, bringing clean water to over 100,000 people.