New Delhi: What if, as an alternative of “Zomato,” all of us ordered from “Tomato”? Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal just lately shared this enjoyable twist within the firm’s backstory. Originally, “Tomato” was the identify he had in thoughts, however a website snag meant he needed to improvise—giving us the distinctive identify we all know as we speak!
Goyal shared this story throughout his current look along with his spouse , Gia Goyal on the favored comedy present The Great Indian Kapil Show. The episode additionally featured Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and his spouse, Sudha Murthy, a Rajya Sabha member.
The Netflix present, hosted by Kapil Sharma just lately featured Deepinder Goyal, the place Sharma playfully questioned him concerning the identify “Zomato.” He joked, “We’ve heard of potato, tomato, but what is the meaning of Zomato?” including with amusing, “I saw an ad where cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth argue, saying it’s ‘Zomato’ or ‘Zomaato’. So, what’s the real story? Where did the name come from?”
To this Deepinder defined smiling, “This ‘tomato’ or ‘tomaato,’ however you want to say it—we originally wanted that as the dot com. We aimed for ‘tomato dot com,’ but couldn’t get the domain,” he shared. “So, we just switched a letter and got Zomato dot com instead.”
Deepinder and Grecia’s Love Story
During the present, Goyal additionally shared the story of how he met his spouse, Grecia Munoz. When Kapil requested about their love story, Goyal recalled, “I was single for a long time. My friends would often set me up on dates but always told me not to take things too seriously. Then, when Grecia came to Delhi, a friend called me and said, ‘There’s a girl here you must meet,’ adding, ‘You’ll end up marrying her.’ It was funny because he was usually the one advising me not to settle down. I met her, and the rest, as they say, is history.”
Romantic Messages Turned Into Marketing Ideas
Deepinder additionally revealed a enjoyable behind-the-scenes element about Zomato’s advertising and marketing. He stated with amusing, “Sometimes, my romantic messages to Gia inspire the app’s notifications.” He went on so as to add, “I give full credit to our marketing team, who took my idea of ‘building a relationship with the customer’ a bit too seriously!”
