Prakhar Agarwal — CEO
Prakhar has over 6 years of experience working in multiple roles at Uber. He currently leads the cars marketplace for India and South Asia. He handles the strategy and operations for the category to ensure magical experience for thousands of riders and driver partners on the platform. Prakhar spearheads the key tech innovations to improve trip experience for customers and also decide the right promotions and pricing strategy for riders and drivers. In addition to driving key strategic initiatives, Prakhar is responsible for growing the topline and bottomline for the biggest line of business for Uber in India and South Asia. Prior to this role, he handled support strategy for Uber Eats IndiaSA business. In this role, Prakhar owned the contact rate reduction charter, mitigated eater R&A fraud and improved support experience. He was amongst first few employees to join the Uber Eats team and build the business from scratch. After a successful 2 year stint with UberEats, Prakhar moved to rides business in 2019. Prakhar completed his engineering from BITS PILANI in 2013 and later did his MBA in Finance & Strategy from XLRI Jamshedpur in 2017.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the B2C mobility sector with a focus on operational excellence.
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Experience: 10 yrs 6 mos
Career Highlights
- Led marketplace strategy for Uber in South Asia.
- Spearheaded tech innovations to enhance rider experience.
- Built Uber Eats business from scratch in India.
Work Experience
Uber
Head, Marketplace Optimization, APAC (6 mos)
Head, Marketplace & Platform Tech, India and South Asia (6 mos)
Lead, Marketplace, India and South Asia (3 yrs 4 mos)
Regional Operations Manager, India and South Asia (2 yrs 5 mos)
Sr. Operations Manager, UberEats (6 mos)
Operations Manager, UberEats (1 yr 4 mos)
Avendus Capital
Investment Banking Intern (2 mos)
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Systems Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management at XLRI Jamshedpur
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani