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The website was kicked off in October 2007 and the company was only limited to selling books at that time country-wide shipping. [15] Flipkart slowly grew in prominence and was receiving 100 orders per day by 2008. [16] Flipkart acquired WeRead in 2010 from Lulu.com that helped it build its foundational strength which was the digital retail of ...
In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. [6] In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. [7] In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. [7]
During his tenure as the COO of Flipkart, he also assumed control of Flipkart's in-house logistics arm Ekart. [6] In May 2017, Seth resigned from the company, [7] citing personal reasons, as reported by The Economic Times. [6] Later, in July 2017, he served a legal notice to Flipkart, calling "his removal was illegal". [8]
Binny Bansal (born 1982/1983) is an Indian billionaire [2] [3] Internet entrepreneur. [3] As of February 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.4 billion. [1] In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart.
Mukesh Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur and author known for his contributions to digital commerce, wellness, and technology.A 1997 computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur, he began his career at Deloitte before moving to Silicon Valley in 1999, where he worked at Nextag, Centrata, and newScale, gaining expertise in technology and strategy.
Myntra continues to operate as a standalone brand under Flipkart's ownership, focusing primarily on "fashion-conscious" consumers. [14] In 2014, Myntra's portfolio included about 1,50,000 products of over 1,000 brands, with a distribution area of around 9,000 pincodes in India. [15]
India has an Internet user base of about 690.0 million as of November 2023, about 40% of the population. [1] Despite being the second-largest user base in world, only behind China (1.079 billion, 48% of population), the penetration of e-commerce is low compared to markets like the United States (266 million, 84%), or France (54M, 81%), but is growing, adding around 6 million new entrants every ...
[22] txtWeb went on to win many innovation awards. Notable among them were mBillionth Award South Asia [23] and NASSCOM Innovation Award Runner-up in 2013. [24] India Today magazine recognised Maheshwari as one of India's top 10 innovators in the year 2014. [25] Snap's founder, Evan Spiegel, briefly worked as an intern on the txtWeb team. [26]