We are thrilled to welcome Prabir Adarkar as our CFO! Prabir joins us from Uber, where he led their Global Finance team of 500+ and served on their Executive Leadership Team. In addition to his experience at Uber, Prabir led M&A transactions at Goldman Sachs and worked in strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company. Prabir will be joining DoorDash in August, reporting to the CEO and serving as a member of the Management team.
“Having spent over 40 hours in the past two months with Prabir, I can tell you that he’s got a sharp mind, possesses an owner’s mentality, and leads from the front,” said Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash.
Prabir brings significant financial, operational, and leadership expertise to DoorDash at a critical time in our life. This year we are tripling our geographic footprint to 1,600 cities and hiring 250 people across corporate offices to aggressively scale our platform. We’re confident that the things that have achieved sustainable growth at DoorDash will continue to accelerate under Prabir’s management.
“DoorDash is a proven pioneer in on-demand logistics, which presents a massive market opportunity in today’s economy,” said Prabir Adarkar. “I’m honored to join an exceptional team and build a multigenerational company that improves the lives of merchants, customers, and Dashers.”
We couldn’t agree more, Prabir, and we’re excited to accelerate our ambitious plans for future growth together. Welcome to the DoorDash family!
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