Kunal Shah (entrepreneur)

Kunal Shah is an Indian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of FreeCharge.[1]

Early life

Shah graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Wilson College in Mumbai and briefly pursued MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies before dropping out.[2] He started his career as a junior programmer at a business process outsourcing startup.[3] Shah's first startup venture was a company named Paisaback, which provided cash-back promotions for organised retailers.

Career

Shah founded FreeCharge in 2010 along with Sandeep Tandon seeing the potentional of online recharging in a growing market.[4] In April 2015, FreeCharge was acquired by Snapdeal for an estimated amount of $400 million.[5] Shah was appointed as the new CEO of the company.[6] Kunal also led the acquisitions of Wishberg and Preburn in 2014.[7]

Reference

  1. ↑ Menon, Rashmi (2 October 2015). "When Freecharge's Kunal Shah had to choose between a new house and a new venture". The Economic Times. ET Bureau. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ N. Ramakrishnan (2 June 2013). "Plugging mobile recharge via merchandising". Business Line. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ PK, Jayadevan (9 April 2015). "Kunal Shah: Meet the man behind online mobile recharge platform Freecharge". The Economic Times. ET Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Prasad, Akanksha (28 September 2015). "Our Real Competition Is Cash, We Need Drive The Shift From Cash To Cashless: Kunal Shah, FreeCharge". Inc42 Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Snapdeal buys Freecharge for $400m". The Economic Times (Bengaluru). TNN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Suthar, Jeet (10 April 2015). "Post Snapdeal acquisition, FreeCharge CEO Alok Goel steps down, Founder Kunal Shah takes Charge". Tech-Portal. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "STARTUP GRIND HOSTED KUNAL SHAH (CEO & CO-FOUNDER, FREECHARGE)". Startup Grind. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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