The Stellar Development Foundation welcomes Raja Chakravorti as its new Chief Business Officer. With two decades of experience in fintech and payments from roles at Plaid, Root, and PayPal, Raja brings expertise in business development and financial services scaling to support the Stellar ecosystem's growth.
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has announced Raja Chakravorti as its new Chief Business Officer. Raja brings over 20 years of experience in financial services and technology, having previously led product partnerships at Plaid, built and scaled Root Enterprise, and driven revenue growth at PayPal's North America business. His career has focused on creating equitable financial access through technology, driven by personal experiences witnessing his immigrant parents' challenges with credit and remittances. At SDF, he will leverage his expertise in fintech, payments, and partnerships to support ecosystem growth and advance the foundation's mission of transforming global financial services. The article includes a Q&A where Raja discusses his interest in AI's potential for financial services, his personal interests including marathon running and coaching his daughters, and his current reading of "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari.
