Rahul Tewari

About Rahul Tewari

Favorite Quote -\"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”25+ years of versatile track record in General Management, Corporate Strategy, Investment Banking, Venture Investting, and Corporate Development in the United States, India and the UAE. Builder-maker and manager at scalePassionate about taking up challenges for significant transformation and value creation. Love challenging the status quo with demonstrable leadership skills across multiple functions and in driving growth agendaRahul was the Chief Financial Officer at Games24x7, which is India’s largest multi-gaming unicorn backed by Tiger Global, Raine Group and Malabar Investments. At Games24x7 he steered corporate development & strategy. In 2022 he led the $75 million equity raise which valued the company at $2.5 billion. He launched Games24x7 Ventures to invest $50 million in the early-stage interactive entertainment start-ups. Earlier Rahul was the CFO at Quikr – multi-category digital classifieds company. He drove the inorganic growth strategy and was responsible for closing 5 strategic acquisitions. Drove 360⁰ operational effectiveness across 5 hyper growth platforms (Real Estate, Auto, Jobs, Used Goods and Services); led strategic planning and budgeting, ERP transformation projects, and performance analytics. He also raised $70 million of equity and debt capital to fund the growth initiativesHe has been a seasoned investment banker with Wall Street and India experience. He has worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and RBC Capital Markets in New York and led the Technology Investment Banking practice at ICICI Securities in India. He has advised new age technology companies on strategic transactions valued at over $10 billion including M&A, Initial Public Offerings, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Debt transactions. He has long term connects with global investors and lendersCo-founded Riverhead Advisors, a specialist investment banking firm focused on providing high impact strategic and financial advice to growth companies and entrepreneurs in India. Dynamic entrepreneurial role cutting across strategic oversight, team building and development, international and domestic network creationSpearheaded multi-functional corporate strategy and M&A teams at Avaya Inc, U.S. based global enterprise communication company, with the goal of extending the reach of Avaya’s solutions into new categories

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Upstox

   Dec 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Post Graduate Certificate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

  2019 — 2020

• Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

  MBA, Finance

  1999 — 2001

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Bachelor of Technology, Engineering

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Valuation
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Finance
• Start-Ups
• Business Strategy
• Equities
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Capital Markets
• Investments
• Emerging Markets
• Corporate Strategy Formulation
• Corporate Development
• Private Equity
• Investment Banking
• Strategy
• Financial Services
• Management
• Venture Capital
• Due Diligence
• Project Finance