Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao becomes Asia’s richest person ahead of Mukesh Ambani
Chinese-Canadian entrepreneur Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who launched crypto exchange Binance in 2017, has become Asia’s richest person, with an estimated net worth of at least $96.5 billion (excluding his crypto holdings), as per new calculations from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Zhao’s net worth surpasses that of Mukesh Ambani, the Indian entrepreneur whose fortune has also soared over the last two years, as per reports.
In an interview, a Binance spokesperson told CNN Business that “CZ intends to give away most of his wealth, even 99 percent of his wealth, just like other entrepreneurs and founders.”
Last year, Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong also became billionaires on the back of 2021’s crypto bull run.
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Vedantu appoints Pankaj Jain as CFO
Edtech unicorn today announced the appointment of Pankaj Jain as Chief Financial Officer, who will reportedly build and manage a diverse team while ensuring strong financial planning across each vertical of the business.
With over 25 years of experience in the finance industry, Pankaj is a seasoned Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Cost Accountant of India (ICWA).
He said, “In my current role, I intend to create a finance structure that will actualise Vedantu’s vision and envision new plans to drive the company’s growth to the next level. I look forward to being part of Vedantu’s mission to create accessible and affordable education for every child in the country.”
QuickShift launches second fulfilment centre in Bengaluru
Plug-and-play logistics firm revealed it has launched its second fulfilment centre in Bengaluru to cater to the surging demand, owing to the rapid growth in online transactions across marketplaces and brand portals.
The 65,000 sqft facility will give thrust to the company’s commitment to providing services such as warehouse fulfilment, logistics, order management, and last-mile delivery in the burgeoning markets of South India, the startup said in a written statement.
“This facility will help to ease and smoothen delivery services in this thriving market and will ensure the product reaches the right place, right hands, hassle-free with 100 percent accuracy. Same-day delivery today has made a tremendous impact on online businesses, and we believe that by reducing the amount of time between making an order and receiving it can greatly enhance customer satisfaction levels and experiences,” said Anshul Goenka, Founder and CEO, Quickshift.
Greymatter launches picking solution supported through assist robot
Fulfilment modernisation startup GreyMatter today launched a new optimisation in its GreyMatter™ AI software that delivers assisted picking in order fulfilment, supported through the new Ranger™ Assist robot.
GreyMatter and Ranger Assist dynamically optimise and orchestrate how order fulfilment workers and robots work together. Enhanced by artificial intelligence, the advanced assisted picking robot enables collaborative picking for faster, more accurate fulfilment, particularly for fast-moving items in ecommerce orders, the firm claimed.
“As the most advanced, yet easily adaptable assisted picking robot, Ranger Assist works with GreyMatter to help retailers deliver on customer promises with speed, tackling the challenges of rising order volumes, increasingly competitive labour pools, and escalating consumer expectations for immediate and free deliveries,” said Akash Gupta, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, GreyOrange.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike ranks #1 for modern endpoint security market share
CrowdStrike, a firm involved in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data, today announced it has ranked #1 for the second consecutive time for Modern Endpoint Security revenue market share in IDC’s report: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Market Shares, July 2020 – June 2021.
According to the report, CrowdStrike owns “14.2 percent total shares of the 2021 endpoint security market and brought in $986.1 million in revenue, demonstrating 75.1 percent growth.”
The report examines how during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations globally transitioned from on-premise data centres to public clouds and expanded the need to secure both endpoints and workloads in their IT environments.
Survey findings from IDC indicate adoption of cloud applications shows no signs of slowing down, and in fact, will most likely increase moving forward.
NODWIN Gaming acquires 100pc stake in licensed merchandising firm Planet Superheroes
, a leading South Asian esports company and a material subsidiary of Nazara Technologies, announced it has acquired comic, pop culture and superheroes merchandising retailer Planet Superheroes.
This new addition will enable NODWIN Gaming to offer iconic global merchandise to the millions of youth who engage with NODWIN Gaming via its popular IPs such as India Premiership, VCC, NH7, and DreamHack.
NODWIN will also expand on the current offerings of Planet Superheroes by exploring partnerships with global publishers like KRAFTON, Gameloft, Riot Games, etc., to create innovative and locally relevant merchandise and licensing offerings on games like BGMI, Valorant, PUBG PC, Asphalt, CSGO, etc., that have become household names.
Edited by Suman Singh
