Anupam Mittal
Anupam Mittal is the founder and Chairman/Managing Director of Shaadi.com, the world's most successful matrimonial site.[1] It is estimated that the shaadi.com matrimonial website has resulted in about a million marriages around the world.[2][3]
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[edit] Business career
The matrimonial e-business is estimated to be about 1.5 billion Indian rupees.[4] Shaadi.com was launched in 1997.[5]
Anupam Mittal founded shaadi.com after he met a marriage broker in India who went door to door carrying biodata in his suitcase. Mittal figured an online medium would increase a person's chances of finding the right person.[6] The Web site's profiles diverge little from what has been traditionally done for decades. Among personal and hobbies sections are the traditional questions about family values and parents' education, Hindu horoscope signs, married siblings and mother tongue.
He received a MBA in Operations and Strategic Management from Boston College.[7] He is the Chairman and Managing Director of People Group, a new media and entertainment group, which includes business such as People Interactive, People Infocom, Pep Management, People Pictures, and Purple Media.
He is included in BusinessWeek's India's 50 most powerful people.[8]
[edit] Film career
He has also produced and acted in two movies, entitled Flavors & 99.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356403/Shaadi.com-a-match-made-in-cyberspace.html
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/24/shaadia-marriage-dating-website Forget internet dating, this is online matchmaking
- ^ http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2008/11/20081169444727674.html Finding matrimony online in India
- ^ http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/18144/38/ E-business of marriages has reached Rs 150 crores
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356403/Shaadi.com-a-match-made-in-cyberspace.html Shaadi.com: a match made in cyberspace
- ^ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2008585679_biodata03.html Marriage matchmaking going strong online
- ^ http://www.microsoft.com/india/indimix/event_speaker.aspx Anupam Mittal
- ^ http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0415_india_most_powerful/24.htm India's 50 Most Powerful People 2009
