Ashneer Grover is one of the most successful business people in India. He used to be the Managing Director (MD) and co-founder of BharatPe, a successful fintech platform in India. In 2018, he started the company with Shashvat Nakrani and Bhavik Koladiya. He recently played an “Angel Investor” (called a “Shark”) on the Sony TV show “Shark Tank India.”
Ashneer Grover Biography
- Ashneer Grover was born on June 14, 1982, in Delhi. He comes from a Hindu family.
- Grover was the first of the seven “Sharks” to appear on Shark Tank India.
- He has worked for a number of companies, including Kotak Investment Bank, Grofers, PC Jeweller Ltd, American Express, and BharatPe.
Family & Personal Life
- His star sign is Gemini, and people call him “Ash.” His father is a chartered accountant, and his mother is a teacher.
- He is married to Madhuri Jain Grover and has two children named Avy and Mannat Grover. He also has a younger sister named Ashima Grover.
Education & Qualification
- He went to school at Apeejay School in Delhi and got his B.Tech in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi.
- He got his master’s degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad.
Physical Appearance
- Ashneer’s height is 5 feet 7 inches (170 centimeters) and weighs 75 kg.
- His eye color is black and his hair color is salt & pepper.
Business Career
- After getting his MBA, he got a job as a Vice President at Kotak Investment Bank, where he stayed for seven years.
- He worked for nearly two years as Director of Corporate Development at American Express (Amex).
- In 2015, he left Amex and went to work for Grofers, where he quickly became the CFO and stayed for 2.5 years.
- He left Grofers, even though everything was fine, and became the head of the new business, PC Jewelers Ltd.
- Ashneer Grover officially started BharatPe in October 2018 with fewer than 20 employees. The company is now worth about $4 billion US dollars.
- He was recently on the TV show “Shark Tank India” as a “Angel Investor,” along with Peyush Bansal (founder of Lenskart), Aman Gupta (co-founder and CMO of Boat), Vineeta Singh (co-founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics), Ghazal Alagh (founder of MamaEarth), Namita Thapar (ED of Emcure Pharmaceuticals), and Anupam Mittal (founder of Shaadi.com). People like him because he played a shark in a movie.
Interesting Facts About Ashneer Grover
- During his B.Tech degree, Ashneer was also important for a world-class group of six students (out of 450) who were picked for a trade programme. Grover went to school at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon as part of this programme (France). The French Embassy also gave him a grant of €6000, which is strange.
- Grover didn’t know what Shark Tank was about before he got there. He agreed to be on the show because it had a part about money. Because he is honest and knows how business works, he is one of the Indian audience’s favourite sharks.
- Grover makes the most money on the show. It seems that each episode costs him 10 lakh rupees. Ashneer Singh and Vineeta Singh are both from IIM Ahmedabad, but they are only one year ahead of each other.
- Ashneer got into a fight with Kotak Mahindra Bank over investments in NYKA’s initial public offering (IPO) (Initial Public Offering).
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