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Rishit Jhunjhunwala

Observer · DISC type ci
Chief Executive Officer at Truecaller
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rishit Jhunjhunwala is the CEO of Truecaller, having progressed through multiple leadership roles including Chief Product Officer since joining in 2015. He is described by colleagues as having "phenomenal energy" in developing market-leading mobile applications. He previously attended Bangalore University and Mallya Aditi International School.

Before his tenure at Truecaller, he was the co-founder of CloudMagic, the company that created the popular email application Newton Mail.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Rishit shows up

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Assertive
Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Rishit cares about

Digital Scam Protection
He is deeply focused on protecting users, particularly elders, from phone scams, digital arrest fraud, and malicious messages on various platforms like Whatsapp and Telegram.
Mobile User Growth
He is focused on scaling the Truecaller platform and has publicly stated his ambition to grow the user base towards the next major milestone of 1 billion users.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Chief Executive Officer
Truecaller
3-2021 - 1-2025
Chief Product Officer and MD, India
Truecaller
6-2020 - 1-2025
Chief Product Officer
Truecaller
3-2015 - 1-2025
VP Product
Truecaller
9-2011
Co-founder
CloudMagic
In the press

Media appearances

Truecaller’s global vision: CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala talks AI, growth and the road ahead. Featured in CNBC TV18
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Truecaller (Q3 interview): Redeye speaks with CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala. Featured in Redeye
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Education
1982 - 1993
Education details unavailable
Bangalore University
Education details unavailable
Mallya Aditi International School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

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