Stripe appoints Manish Maheshwari to lead revenue, growth in India

Stripe has appointed Manish Maheshwari as its head of revenue and growth for India, signaling the company’s intensified focus on supporting Indian businesses that aim to scale globally. In this new role, Maheshwari will concentrate on enabling companies that are building for international markets from the outset, with a particular emphasis on AI-driven, digital-first firms emerging in India. This aligns with the growing trend of Indian startups developing products and services intended for a global audience from day one. Paul Harapin, Stripe’s head of Asia Pacific and Japan, emphasized that as more Indian businesses expand internationally, they require seamless payment infrastructure to manage cross-border transactions, subscriptions, usage-based billing, and other revenue operations. Maheshwari highlighted India’s significance as a fertile ground for companies innovating in AI and digital-native sectors, stating his enthusiasm to lead Stripe’s efforts in providing foundational infrastructure to help these ventures scale and monetize on a global level. This appointment reflects Stripe’s strategic intent to deepen its presence in India’s burgeoning tech ecosystem and support the growth of next-generation enterprises that leverage AI and digital technologies to compete worldwide. By strengthening its revenue and growth leadership in India, Stripe is positioning itself to capitalize on the increasing globalization of Indian tech startups and the expanding demand for scalable financial infrastructure solutions.