Ranjit Babu resigns as head of consumer electronics at Amazon India
Ranjit Babu, head of consumer electronics at Amazon India, has reportedly resigned, marking another senior-level exit at the e-commerce giant. He had spent over a decade at Amazon India and took on the consumer electronics role, overseeing the smartphone category, by July 2024. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the development, saying employees can leave for personal or professional reasons. The exit comes as Amazon India prepares to enter quick commerce in the first quarter of 2025 and after Samir Kumar was announced as the new country head in September.
The appointment
- Announced
- 9 December 2024
Key details
- Tenure at Amazon India
- Over a decade
- Cloudtail CEO tenure
- 2021 to 2022
- Appointed head of consumer electronics
- By July 2024
- Additional responsibilities assumed from
- Noor Patel, in December 2023
- Amazon India FY24 revenue from…
- Rs 25,406 crore, up 14.5% from Rs 22,198 crore in FY23
- New Amazon India country head announced
- Samir Kumar, in September
- Quick commerce entry planned
- First quarter of 2025
Career so far
- head of consumer electronicsAmazon India · from Dec 2024
- head of consumer electronicsAmazon India
- chief executiveCloudtail
Babu had a tenure of over a decade at Amazon India and served as chief executive of Cloudtail, the company's largest seller, between 2021 and 2022. In December 2023 he assumed additional responsibilities from senior executive Noor Patel, who transitioned to Amazon US.
About Amazon India
Ecommerce marketplace.
- Parent company
- Amazon
- Headquarters
- Hyderabad
Other recent people moves
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Based on company announcements, filings and reporting by Entrackr. Details were checked against the source on 14 Nov 2026; we add nothing the source does not state.
Key facts
- Company
- Amazon India
- Person
- Ranjit Babu
- New role
- head of consumer electronics
- Type
- Exit
- Date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Source
- Media reports
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