Sanjeev Bikhchandani
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Sanjeev Bikhchandani | |
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| Education | BA from St. Stephen's College, Delhi Delhi University MBA from IIM Ahmedabad |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Organization | InfoEdge |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
| Website | https://www.infoedge.in/ |
Sanjeev Bikhchandani is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal,[1][2] as well as the co-founder of Ashoka University.[3] He was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in January 2020.[4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi and finished schooling from there in 1981. Thereafter, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1984. He completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1989.[6]
Career
[edit]After his post graduation, Sanjeev did a job marketing Horlicks at Hindustan Milkfood Manufacturers (after series of multinational mergers-and-acquisitions, now known as GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare India) and left in 1990 to pursue entrepreneurship.[6] In 1993, he and his partner decided to go separate ways.[7] Sanjeev founded Info Edge in 1995. In 1997, Bikhchandani set up Naukri.com, jobs portal located on a server in India,[8] and later Quadrangle.in, an offline executive search business. In 2005, Naukri.com was reported as being India's largest web-based employment site.[9]
Info Edge later launched other classified sites like 99acres.com in real estate, Jeevansathi.com in matrimony and Shiksha.com in education.
He is also a member of the Vision Circle of the Foundation for Young Innovators (FYI), an initiative that supports social entrepreneurship among high school students.
Recognition
[edit]He won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008.[10]
He is ranked #68 in Forbes India Rich List 2020 with a net worth of $2.1 Billion.[11]
As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated October 09, 2024, Sanjeev Bikhchandani & family are ranked 75th with a net worth of $4.25 Billion.[12]
Sanjeev is mentioned as one of the first Indian dotcom founders of the 21st century. [13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bikhchandani hits Rs 722 cr jackpot". Business Standard. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010.
- ^ Kushan Mitra (13 January 2008). "Dot-com's poster boy - Sanjeev Bikhchandani". Business Today. Archived from the original on 31 July 2011.
- ^ Menon, Rashmi (23 January 2018). "What's in a name? Sanjeev Bikhchandani was apprehensive of 'Ashoka' University". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Anand Mahindra, Venu Srinivasan to be honoured with Padma Bhushan; Naukri.com founder to get Padma Shri". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Sanjeev Bikhchandani traces his journey from dreamer to achiever". India Today. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Supportive Wife Ran Household Expenses While He Quit High Paying MNC Job And Founded Naukri.com, Today Sanjeev Bikhchandani's Net Worth Is Rs 18,856 Crore". Zee News. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Info Edge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani shares his slip-ups on the path to success". Business Today. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Jain, Sunil (14 December 2005). "How Naukri.com became a hit". Business Standard. New Delhi. Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via Rediff.com.
- ^ "Strategic Growth Forum India - Speaker - Sanjeev Bikhchandani". Ernst & Young. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "#68 Sanjeev Bikhchandani & family". Forbes India. 2020.
- ^ "India's 100 Richest".
- ^ "The First Class of the Indian Startups: The Unsung Heroes". www.startupguru.co. Retrieved 11 July 2020.