Manohar Singh Charan is the Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at ShareChat and Moj. Manohar leads the overall Strategy of the company along all the corporate functions including Finance controllership (Accounting, tax, audit and treasury), strategic finance, investor relations, M&A, legal, HR, communications, policy, admin and facilities, and IT for the entire organization. He drives the larger strategic goals and plans of the organization and plays an active role in designing and implementing new monetization initiatives.
With nearly 14 years of experience, Manohar has worked with companies like Zomato, Uber, Royal Bank of Scotland, PropTiger.com, to name a few. Prior to joining ShareChat, Manohar was the Vice President at Zomato where he was instrumental in setting up the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. He was also in a leadership role at Uber heading Strategic Finance for India and South Asia. Manohar has led a series of M&A transactions at ShareChat and PropTiger, including acquisitions like MX TakaTak, Housing.com and Makaan.com.
Manohar was instrumental in setting up and strengthening the finance and legal functions at ShareChat. He was the architect of ShareChat’s $913mn fundraise in 2021 that earned the organization the distinction of the “Most funded unicorn of 2021 batch”. He was featured in Forbes India’s cover story ‘CFOs in the Digital Age’. During the last 3 years, he has led a financial turnaround at ShareChat, bringing the company to cashflow break-even and making it the first Indian content/social media player to do so.
An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur, Manohar is fluent in English, Hindi, Rajasthani and Gujarati and enjoys exploring poetry, literature and current affairs content on social media.