Sumit Jain

Sumit Jain

Sumit Jain, co-founder and CEO of Indian real estate portal Commonfloor.com
Born 13 June 1984
Nationality Indian
Education Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Occupation Co-founder and CEO Commonfloor.com
Home town Khatauli

Sumit Jain is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur,[1] He started online real-estate portal commonfloor.com for property seekers in 2007. Prior to that, he used to work with Oracle. As the co-founder and CEO, Sumit is responsible for driving the strategic direction for Commonfloor.com as well as delivering on company goals[2] His result-oriented approach ensures a constant and relentless focus on end-user satisfaction. Sumit Jain finds solace in a game of billiards. The game not only relaxes him, it also helps him catch up with friends or at times, make new acquaintances.

Early life

Born and brought up in Khatauli, a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Sumit's father had a shop where he sold building products, in which he spent most of his time when a child, and sometimes his father left the store under his care for days, telling him not to call him for any reason.[3]

Career

Sumit graduated as a computer engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2006. After a short spell with Oracle Server Technologies, he decided to start his own business and in 2007 he started Commonfloor.com with Lalit Mangal and Vikas Malpani.

Awards and Recognition

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'We want to be the Google of Indian real estate: Sumit Jain'". Business Standard. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sumit Jain Built an Incredible Business From Scratch".
  3. ↑ "His business education started at age 8…here's CommonFloor CEO's unusual story".
  4. ↑ "Fortune India's 40-under-40 : Groupon, Jombay, Zivame Flipkart, InMobi".
  5. ↑ "Dataquest presents Top 25 Indian Web 2.0 Start-ups".
  6. ↑ "The Brightest New Stars".
  7. ↑ "LinkedIn Power Profiles 2015 In India Speak The Voice of Leadership".
  8. ↑ "Sumit Jain awarded 'Young Achiever of the Year'".
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