Kunal Bahl
Kunal Bahl | |
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| Nationality | India |
| Education | B.Tech, MBA |
| Alma mater | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Snapdeal |
| Spouse | Yashna |
| Website | snapdeal |
Kunal Bahl is an Indian entrepreneur, co founder and CEO of the e-commerce platform Snapdeal.[1][2]
Early life
Kunal was born in India and had completed his initial school education at Delhi Public School (DPS) New Delhi. On his consecutive failure to get admission at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kunal went to USA and got his bachelor's degree in engineering from University of Pennsylvania.[3] Kunal received his business degree from the Wharton School and finished an executive marketing program from Kellogg School of Management. While studying in the US Kunal started a detergent company and worked to sell his product at Walmart stores. Kunal had worked with Microsoft for a short period as he was deported from USA to India due to some visa issue in 2008.[4]
Snapdeal
Kunal cofounded Snapdeal along with his school friend Rohit Bansal on 4 February 2010.[5][6]
Awards & Recognitions
- 1. BMA Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 [7]
- 2. ET Top 50 Entrepreneur of India 2014[8]
- 3. Ranked 25 on Fortune 40 under 40 most influential business leaders list 2014 [9]
- 4. EY Entrepreneur of the year - Startup 2014 [10]
- 5. Nasscom NextGen Entrepreneur 2014 [11]
- 6. AIMA Transformational Business Leader of the Year [12]
- 7. Indian Affairs Business Leader of the Year 2015 [13]
Family
Kunal is married to Yashna who ran a confectionery business.[14]
References
- ^ "Kunal Bahl: Snapdeal's CEO created one of India's largest online marketplaces". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "In the news". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Kunal Bahl". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Lunch with BS: Kunal Bahl". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "The Evolution of Snapdeal". Forbes. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Supercharged". Business Today. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "36th BMA awards". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "ET Award". Orissa Diary. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "40 under 40". Fortune. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "EY entrepreneur of the year". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "innovate-india-challenge" "NASSCOM SPECIAL AWARDS". Nasscom. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "AIMA Managing India Awards". AIMA. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "India Leadership Conclave 2015".
- ^ "Flipkart CEO wanted to be a gamer, Snapdeal chief a food and film critic". Business Standard. Retrieved 1 December 2015.