Hike messenger, one of India’s fastest growing Internet companies have announced appointment of Hemant Goyal as VP of Finance & Gautam Vohra as its General Counsel. Both Hemant and Gautam will be reporting to Kavin Bharti Mittal, Founder & CEO Hike Messenger
Hemant comes from Unilever Singapore, where he was Finance Director for Global Supply Chain. He has worked with Unilever for over 12 years in various roles and across geographies including India and Europe. Prior to Unilever, he was with Tata Motors.
The Company has also roped in Amazon India’s Principle Legal Counsel Gautam Vohra as it’s General Counsel. Gautam is one of the leading legal experts in technology and intellectual property matters and as General Counsel for Hike. He will focus on building the legal, compliance & policy functions as the company expands to the next level of growth in India and envision a global footprint.
On the appointments, Kavin Bharti Mittal said
With Hemant and Gaurav on board, we add a strong financial and legal foundation to our leadership team. Both Hemant and Gaurav bring incredible cross-domain experience in their respective fields and we are excited to have them on join us.
On joining Hike, Hemant Goyal said
I am delighted to join Hike and work with this exceptional team. I’m excited about the umpteen possibilities to be explored within Hike and I look forward to sharing my experiences and contributing to the future direction and growth of one of India’s fastest growing internet companies.
Gautam Vohra commented
I’m thrilled to be a part of the organization at a time when the company is well-positioned to tap new possibilities during this time of ever evolving mobile-first rather mobile only world. Look forward to contributing towards the accomplishing the mission of bringing India online.
Hemant and Gautam take charge at a time when Hike readies for the next phase of growth in India’s fast growing mobile internet market. The company has been growing at an exponential pace and also building it’s leadership team as it continues to innovate in the hyper competitive messaging space.
Hike messenger also recently strengthened their leadership positions by roping in Vidur Vyas as VP of Marketing and Sumit Mehra as Studio Head.
Hike’s Growth Story
- Dec 2012 – Global launch
- Feb 2013 – Messaging traffic grows 10X week on week
- April 2013 – Hit the first 5M user milestone in just 4 months of its launch | Raised $7M from BSB
- Feb 2014 – Hit the 15M user mark
- April 2014 – Received $14M fresh funding from BSB
- June 2014 – Crossed 20M user mark, launched first TVC
- July 2014 – Hit #1 rank on App stores
- August 2014 – Crossed 35M user mark, receives $65M fresh funding led by Tiger Global & BSB
- November 2014 – Launches regional stickers on hike
- January 2015 – Launched free Hike Calls
- February 2015 – Launched Cricket Scores on hike
- Aug 2015: Hike announces 20 billion messages per month and launched Hike News
- Sep 2015: Launched Group Calling with upto 100 people
Additional information
You can download the app at – http://get.hike.in For more information, please visit the Hike Blog