Raja Chakravorti
InvestorInvestor at Stellar Development Foundation · Founder at Stellar
New York City Metropolitan Area
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About
Raja Chakravorti is Chief Business Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, where he leads business development across stablecoin infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, cross-border payments, and decentralized finance, with a focus on emerging markets. He has twenty years of experience in financial services, including roles at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, PayPal, and Plaid.
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Experience
- Stellar Development FoundationChief Business Officercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- DMZExpert-In-Residence2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- PlaidHead of Universal Access, Financial Access Solutions and Financial Access GTM2022 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- PlaidUniversal Access Lead2022
- PlaidFinancial Access2021 — 2022
- Root Inc.GM and President of Root Enterprise2019 — 2021Greater Chicago Area
- PayPalGeneral Manager, North America Middle Market2019Chicago, Illinois
- PayPalDirector, Head of Business Development Retail & Social Innovation2015 — 2018Chicago / San Francisco
- PayPalChief of Staff, Head of Business Operations/Strategy, Retail2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalHead of Strategy and Operations, SMB Field Sales2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalManager, North America Strategy2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of CompaniesCRM and Loyalty Marketing, Advanced Digital Services2010Greater Los Angeles Area
- Goldman SachsAssociate2005 — 2008Greater New York City Area
- JP Morgan ChaseAnalyst2003 — 2005Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Business Management5Marketing Strategy5Business Transformation1Business Strategy36Business Development18Financial Modeling38Capital Markets27Analytics12Valuation9Competitive Intelligence7Portfolio Management8Finance9
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Competitive AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsChannel PartnersCRMInvestmentsFinancial AnalysisEquitiesDue DiligenceStrategyManagementStrategic ThinkingAnalysis- Open Water Diver — PADI
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Denelle Dixon
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Ginger Baker
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raja Chakravorti?
- Raja Chakravorti is Chief Business Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, where he leads business development across stablecoin infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, cross-border payments, and decentralized finance, with a focus on emerging markets. He has twenty years of experience in financial services, including roles at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, PayPal, and Plaid.
- Where does Raja Chakravorti work?
- Raja Chakravorti is at Stellar Development Foundation.
- Where did Raja Chakravorti go to school?
- Raja Chakravorti studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA); University of Michigan (BA, Economics, Minor in Statistics).
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Also worked at PayPal240
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC
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Also worked at Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies38
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