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2007–2010: Start-up phase. [edit] Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Bangalore [ 11 ] by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT, Delhi and former Amazon employees. [ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ] The company was started from a two-bedroom apartment in Kormangala, Bengaluru. The initial investment was provided by their families, which was ...
Spouse. Trisha Bansal. 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. [4][5] He was the chief operating officer until January 2016, when he was promoted to chief executive ...
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]
Alphabet's Google will pick up a minority stake worth $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, valuing the Indian e-commerce firm at $37 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told ...
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 ...
Its gross merchandise value (GMV) increased ninefold in two years [13] and was at about $5 billion in 2022 (for comparison, Flipkart's GMV stood at $23 billion). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In 2023, Meesho was named one of the most influential companies of the year by Time (magazine) .
[36] [37] [38] Similar to U.S.-style shopping events such as Black Friday, online retailers adopted the practice of holding multi-day promotions during this period, such as Amazon's "Great Indian Festival" and Flipkart's "Big Billion Days". India's Independence Day (August 15) had also recently attracted similar events. [38] [39]
In October 2020, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC bought a 1.22% stake for $752 million, while TPG acquired a 0.41% stake for $250 million, giving Reliance Retail a pre-money valuation of $58.5 billion. [66] In August 2023, the Qatar Investment Authority invested $1 billion in Reliance Retail for a 0.99% stake in the company at a $100 ...