Leadership

Ashwin Raj

Chief Executive Officer

Ashwin Raj is passionate about leading teams and scaling businesses that are built on true customer value. He is experienced in leading growth, profitability and innovation at high-growth and public companies. He led the rideshare business of Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) from 2021 to 2023, most recently as the Executive Vice President, Head of Rideshare. In this role, he oversaw the company’s core multi-billion-dollar revenue business unit and all central technology functions, and achieved adjusted EBITDA profitability. He joined Lyft in 2017 as Vice President, Payments and played a key role in Lyft becoming a public company. Following that, he was Vice President, Customer Platforms, where he led all related tech functions and managed Lyft’s variable costs. 

Before Lyft, Ashwin was the Director of Amazon Pay in North America at Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and delivered more than 100% year-over-year growth and profitability of Amazon’s third-party commerce, payment, and identity services across multiple industry categories. He transformed Amazon Pay into a multi-billion-dollar business in less than two years by building a strong value proposition for online sellers and strategic partners. Prior to that, Ashwin held multiple leadership roles at Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V), specifically in emerging technologies, payments products, mobile payments, and strategic partnerships. 

Ashwin holds a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.