Siddharth Rao, co-founder and former CEO of WebChutney passed away on Friday evening.
Siddharth founded WebChutney in 1999, 23 years ago. The company was later acquired by Dentsu in 2013. He acted as WebChutney’s CEO for over two decades. Rao was appointed as the group chief executive officer of Dentsu mcgarrybowen in July 2021.It was his agency that won awards for ‘The Unfiltered History Tour’ for Vice Media at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2022.
He stepped down as the group CEO from the Japanese media netowrk in 2022 and started his venture, Punt Partners with serial entrepreneur, Madhu Sudhan in the marketing tech (MarTech) space.
“He suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on the 21st of April at his home in Karjat,” said an official statement released by Punt Parters.
Rao is survived by his parents and his wife.