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Deepak Dhanak

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San Francisco Bay Area

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Deepak Dhanak is Co-Founder and COO at Rocket, an AI-native platform for building products. Over a career spanning more than 30 years and 15+ markets, he has worked at PwC, EXL, Star TV / 21st Century Fox, BrowserStack, CleverTap, and DocuX.ai, contributing to the growth of two companies that reached unicorn status. He has raised over $200M and led more than 15 M&A projects.

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Experience

  1. RocketCo-Founder and COOcurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. RocketAdvisor2022 — 2025Mumbai
  3. Indigenesis ConsultingBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentIndia, Singapore, USA, UAE
  4. Harvard Business SchoolGMP Ambassadorcurrent2019 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
  5. DocuXCo-Founder & CEO2019 — 2025India
  6. CleverTapGlobal Chief Financial Officer & Head Legal +++2019 — 2022Mumbai (India), San Francisco (USA), Amsterdam (NL), Singapore, Dubai (UAE)
  7. TestMu AIAdvisor2019 — 2022Mumbai
  8. BrowserStackGlobal Chief Financial Officer +++2016 — 2019Mumbai (India), San Francisco (USA), Dublin (Ireland)
  9. Star TVEVP - Finance, Head of Tax - India & Asia2014 — 2016Mumbai (India), Hong Kong, New York (USA)
  10. EXLSVP - Finance2009 — 2014Noida (India), Manila (Philippines), New York (USA),
  11. PwCSr Manager - Tax & Regulatory2005 — 2009New Delhi (India), Mumbai (India)
  12. Deepak Dhanak & AssociatesPartner1996 — 2005Jamnagar (India)

Skills & more

Management31Strategy19Leadership2Fundraising8Growth Hacking6Entrepreneurship7Transfer Pricing22International Tax57US GAAP15Treasury3Acquisition Integration5Due Diligence47
+12 moreRestructuringM&AFinancial StructuringSales & MarketingProduct DevelopmentProcess re-engineeringBusiness Process Re-engineeringBusiness ValuationCorporate FinanceFinanceInternal ControlsMergers

Languages English, Hindi, Gujarati

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Who is Deepak Dhanak?
Deepak Dhanak is Co-Founder and COO at Rocket, an AI-native platform for building products. Over a career spanning more than 30 years and 15+ markets, he has worked at PwC, EXL, Star TV / 21st Century Fox, BrowserStack, CleverTap, and DocuX.ai, contributing to the growth of two companies that reached unicorn status. He has raised over $200M and led more than 15 M&A projects.
Where does Deepak Dhanak work?
Deepak Dhanak is Founder of ROCKET.
What companies did Deepak Dhanak found?
Deepak Dhanak founded ROCKET.
Where did Deepak Dhanak go to school?
Deepak Dhanak studied at Harvard Business School (Business Administration and Management, General); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Management Development Program, Communication Strategies for Leaders); Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Corporate Restructuring and M&A).

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