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IPO-bound Swiggy grants $271 million Esops to founder Sriharsha Majety, top management

Economic Times · 2m

- Swiggy granted employee stock options worth $271 million to its founders and top management in its latest stock-based compensation plan. - Founder and CEO Sriharsha Majety received nearly $200 million worth of stock, potentially increasing his stake in the company by 2.2-2.5%. - Other recipients of stock options include co-founders Nandan Reddy and Phani Kishan Addepalli, CFO Rahul Bothra, CTO Madhusudhan Rao, food marketplace CEO Rohit Kapoor, and Swiggy Instamart CEO Amitesh Jha. - The stock options have a vesting period of one to eight years and may be subject to valuation changes after the IPO. - Swiggy's IPO filing saw a fresh issue component initially sized at $450 million, which may expand to $600 million. - Similar stock-based compensation plans have been observed in other tech startups like Zomato, Paytm, Freshworks, Delhivery, and PB Fintech prior to their IPOs.