Binay Khadka: The Youngest Fintech CEO in Nepal

Is age just a number? For Binay Khadka, the answer is definitely ‘Yes’. At just 27 years, Khadka has been appointed as the CEO of Khalti, one of the leading digital wallets in Nepal. With this appointment, Khadka has become the youngest CEO among all fintech companies in Nepal.

In 2014, the appointment of Subhash Ghimire as the editor of Republica daily was a much-talked-about event in the media industry of Nepal. In his late 20s, Ghimire was the youngest editor of a national daily newspaper. Similarly, Khadka’s appointment as the CEO of Khalti has also been a much-talked-about event on social media, and given a message that ‘ age is just a number ’.