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Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy denies exit
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Apr, 2019
Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy has denied reports that he is going to
quit the e-commerce company and a formal announcement on a new CEO is
likely in June during the Walmart shareholders' meeting.
In a statement to Inc42, Krishnamurthy said reports making the rounds about his exit from the company are "baseless".
"I
am at Flipkart for the long term and fully committed to the company and
Walmart-Flipkart partnership. As we called out it's a baseless story,"
he was quoted as saying.
In May last year, Walmart bought 77 per cent equity stake in Flipkart for a whopping $16 billion (Rs 1,16,256 crore).
The
American retail giant and its Indian e-tail major are betting big on
India despite the revised norms for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in
e-commerce.
American investment bank Morgan Stanley in a report
claimed that Walmart might exit the country after the new FDI norms in
e-commerce came into force on February 1.
Walmart CEO Doug
McMillon along with senior company leaders visited Bengaluru this week,
saying the retail firm is committed to the Indian market.
Commending Krishnamurthy, McMillon also addressed employees in a townhall-style meeting.
McMillon
visited India at a time when Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing
Director Mukesh Ambani has announced plans to launch a new e-commerce
platform.
Emphasising that Reliance would double its investment
and employment numbers over the next decade, Mukesh Ambani said at the
"Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019" in January that Reliance Jio and
Reliance Retail would soon launch a new commerce platform for small
retailers -- a mega mission which will first be launched in Gujarat and
then across the country.
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