Fresh details have emerged about Better.com CEO Vishal Garg’s infamous firing of 900 employees on a Zoom call last December.

Vishal Garg took a leave of absence after the Zoom firings backlash. “To be absolutely blunt, I’d never managed more than 10 people in my life,” Garg added.

Vishal Garg is taking Better, a mortgage startup, public through a long-delayed SPAC deal. The stock dropped more than 90% on its first day of trading, but Garg insists he has a plan.

Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better, spoke out nine months after laying off hundreds of people over Zoom. Garg said he "blundered" the layoffs but argued he's still the right person to lead the startup.

Vishal Garg’s SoftBank-backed company, once valued at $7.7 billion, had no profitability in sight after taking the company public Thursday via a SPAC merger.

Vishal Garg said in a letter to employees on Tuesday that he had failed to show “respect and appreciation” in the call, which has been widely criticized. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg is known for firing hundreds of staff on a Zoom call in 2021. Garg now says he has "worked really, really hard" to be a kinder boss. The businessman said he underwent a ...

In December 2021, Vishal Garg fired 900 of his employees on a Zoom call. To make matters worse, the founder and CEO of New York City-based mortgage lender Better.com also called those employees ...

CEO Vishal Garg outlined a strategy to scale partnerships, recruit seasoned LOs and diversify the company’s platform channels. May 13, 2025, 3:55pm by Sarah Wolak. News > Mortgage.

Vishal Garg: I think honestly, there were a lot of times where we thought maybe we should try to do something private instead and/or stay private. But ultimately, ...

A New York jury found Vishal Garg, CEO and founder of digital mortgage lender Better.com, liable for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion in a decade-long lawsuit filed by his former business ...

Vishal Garg is taking Better, a mortgage startup, public through a long-delayed SPAC deal. The stock dropped more than 90% on its first day of trading, but Garg insists he has a plan.