Co-founder and CEO, BlackBuck
Rajesh Yabaji is the co-founder and CEO of BlackBuck, a tech logistics startup that has created an infrastructure for freight dynamics in India. Within two years, the startup's technology platform for freight and services became India’s largest trucking network, benefitting both shippers and truckers. Rajesh is charged with constantly moving the company forward through phases of hypergrowth. Prior to co-founding BlackBuck, Rajesh worked for ITC, a well-respected, diversified Indian conglomerate, heading of the supply chain of the Leaf Tobacco business.
Rajesh is known for his energy and resilience, and one can see this in his enthusiasm for marathons, and more in his passion for building the world’s largest trucking network. From finance discussions to brainstorming on new product design to business development planning, Rajesh keeps himself involved in all areas of the business.
Rajesh “fell in love with supply chain management” during an internship he completed in his final year of engineering college. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 2010, before joining ITC. Managing a vast pan-India network of 600-700 daily shipments, he noted inefficiencies with broad market implications. His observations on the enormous problems on both sides of the market led him to start BlackBuck.
He is an inspiring leader who likes to bring out the best in people and help them achieve greater heights by pushing the bar higher. Speaking about pushing the bar higher, Rajesh was a pole vaulter in college
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