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Abhishek Poddar

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Co-Founder & CEO at Plum
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Abhishek is the Co-Founder and CEO of Plum, a Sequoia and Tiger Global-backed insurtech company transforming employee healthcare in India. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and Stanford GSB, he has a strong product background from his time at Google and HyperTrack. People he has worked with describe him as detail-oriented, reliable, and empathetic.

Outside of his founder role, Abhishek is a dedicated family man who enjoys reading, swimming, and spending quality time with his daughter. He is a passionate follower of the Indian cricket team and also identifies as a traveler and a "serial bingewatcher. "

Interesting fact: Prior to his current venture, Abhishek founded RentZeal, an online marketplace for party supply rentals described as an "eBay for Rentals. "

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Current Role
Co-Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Priorities

Topics Abhishek cares about

Employee Health Benefits
He founded Plum to make health insurance accessible and simple for companies, and speaks on the importance of inclusive policies like LGBTQ covers.
Insurtech Innovation
He focuses on leveraging technology to simplify the insurance process, such as enabling claims on WhatsApp and using AI for underwriting.
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Career

Work history

Co-Founder & CEO
Plum
Family man, Traveller, and Serial Bingewatcher
Life Beyond Work
Chief Product Officer
HyperTrack
Product Manager
Google
Co-Founder
RentZeal
In the press

Media appearances

E56 - Reimagining Corporate Healthcare w/Plum's Abhishek Poddar. Featured in Spotify
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Abhishek Poddar, Co‑founder of Plum - Episode XXi. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2011 - 2013
MBA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2003 - 2007
B.Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
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