Flipkart hires Google veteran Punit Soni as chief product officer

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has hired Google veteran Punit Soni as chief product officer.

Punit will lead the product definition and innovation for Flipkart consumer products, marketplace and transaction platform. Punit will be driving product strategy, design and product marketing to build better user interface and product solutions.

At Google and Motorola in Mountain View, California, Soni was involved in the development of Google News, Google Books, Google Plus, Google Mobile and Motorola devices including Moto X, Moto G and Moto E.

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