Dinesh Agarwal

Dinesh Agarwal
Born Dinesh Agarwal
(1969-02-19) 19 February 1969
Residence Noida
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Occupation Founder and CEO of IndiaMART
Spouse(s) Chetna Agarwal[1]

Dinesh Agarwal (born 19 February 1969) is an Indian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of IndiaMART,[2] an online B2B marketplace in India.[3]

Early life

Born into a business family, Agarwal completed his high school from Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya Inter College, Lucknow. After completing an engineering degree with a specialization in computer science from the Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur,[4] he worked with several firms[1] including HCL Technologies before moving to the US and joining CDOT.[4]

He quit his job in 1996 and moved to India to establish his own startup IndiaMART,[5] an export-import servicing company[6] which in 2015 claimed to serve more than 1.7 million registered sellers.[7]

Other domain ventures by Dinesh Agarwal include www.indiangiftsportal.com and www.abcpayments.com.[8] He later became an investor, providing funding to Tolexo,[9] Innerchef, a Gurgaon-based ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meals delivery startup[10] and Wishberry, a Mumbai-based crowdfunding platform.[11]

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "The Founder of IndiaMart- Dinesh Agarwal". 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. "Warburg Pincus in talks with IndiaMart for Rs 150 crore investment". Economic Times. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. Our Bureau. "IndiaMART targets Rs 30k cr biz in FY16". The Hindu Business Line.
  4. 1 2 "Six inspirational stories of entrepreneurs who made it big". Economic Times. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. "How Dinesh Agarwal built a Rs 200-crore firm IndiaMart from a seed capital of Rs 40,000". timesofindia-economictimes.
  6. "IndiaMART targets Rs. 30k cr biz in FY16". The Hindu. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. Avinder Batra (4 August 2015). "Indiamart shifts focus to buyers from sellers as it targets Rs 350 crore revenue this fiscal". Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. "The brand quandary: Indiamart still carries the 'India' tag". Economic Times. 5 April 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  9. Shrutika Verma. "Indiamart to launch online marketplace Tolexo.com".
  10. Digbijay Mishra (17 November 2015). "Now, InMobi founder Naveen Tewari backs Innerchef". Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. "Wishberry, The Kickstarter Of India, Raises INR 1 Cr. Through TiEcon's Live Funding Event". 21 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. "Council - IAMAI". iamai.in.
  13. "Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, IndiaMART.com". Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  14. "Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART bags top honors at the prestigious NCCI AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2015". Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  15. "IndiaMART Emerging Business Forum grand finale on April 26". 23 April 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  16. "Industry Stalwarts Underline Need To Wire Up Indian SMEs". Firstpost.
  17. "Global Super Angels Invests In Medical Devices Startup Biosense". IndiaMART.

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