Kalshi Hires Former Uber Executive as CFO to Lead Global Push

Kalshi Inc. has hired its first chief financial officer, a former Uber executive who is expected to help lead the prediction market exchange’s global expansion.

Saurabh Tejwani joins the firm from the delivery startup Gopuff as the industry that Kalshi pioneered, trading on real world events, is growing at a feverish pace in the US and drawing interest from a range of gambling companies and traditional financial firms.

Kalshi announced in October that it is planning to bring its novel financial contracts to more than 140 countries. Tejwani focused on overseas growth in previous roles, a Kalshi spokesperson told Bloomberg ...