Peyush Bansal Biography- How He Started $5 Billion Company From Scratch?

Hello friends, you may have watched the Shark Tank India show. Recently, this show has become quite popular on TV, and you may have heard about one of the judges, Peyush Bansal, on this show. Anyway, whether you have heard about it or not, today we will try to learn about the judge Peyush Bansal from the Shark Tank India show here.

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Peyush-Bansal-shark-tank-india-judge (Sreen snap of Shark tank india show)

Who is Peyush Bansal?

Before becoming a judge on Shark Tank India, Peyush Bansal is the founder of Lenskart, whose market value is now 38,000 crore rupees. He is also an active investor. Let’s learn in detail about his life and various aspects of his work.

Early Life Of Peyush Bansal-

Peyush Bansal, 38 years old, was born on April 26, 1985, in New Delhi. His father is a chartered accountant by profession, and his mother, Kiran Bansal, is a homemaker. The main business of his family is mainly copper wire, which is a joint family business run by his family.

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Peyush Bansal’s education –

He studied at Don Bosco High School in Delhi. He wanted to do his graduation from IIT but he was not selected. After that, he went to Canada where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McGill University. Then he returned to India and obtained an MBA degree from IIM Bangalore.

Peyush Bansal’s work areas –

After completing his studies at IIM, in 2007, he got an opportunity to work as a Program Manager at Microsoft in the US. After working there for a while, he realized that he wanted to do something big in his life and make a change in society. To fulfill his dream, he returned to India and started working on new ideas. He started a classified website called “SearchMyCampus” to help students find accommodation, part-time jobs, restaurants, transportation, etc. around their colleges.

His startup was successful, and he launched several other startups, but he did not achieve success in all of them. After that, in 2010, he founded Lenskart with his two friends Amit Chaudhary and Sumit Kapahi, and never looked back.

peyush-bansal-and-amit (from Peyush bansal instagram)

 

Peyush Bansal And Lenskart’s Journey –

In 2010, when they founded Lenskart, their goal was to provide every needy person in the country with good quality eyeglasses available online.

https://www.lenskart.com

They identified a significant gap in the market with many people in India not using glasses due to a lack of awareness. They focused on filling this gap and eventually expanded their business to include sunglasses and a franchising model, with over 80 retail stores across the country today.

lenslkart-store

Their goal is to make power glasses available to every needy person in India at reasonable prices. They also provide free eye check-ups to their customers. They are working hard to extend their services to remote areas.

Lenskart’s Market Cap

Piyush and his team made entry into the Unicorn Club ($1 billion) in 2019 through their hard work, and today their company’s valuation is estimated between $4 to $5 billion, which is equivalent to approximately INR 38,000 crore. For more information, you can verify it by visiting the link below.

MoneyControl

Lenskart Unicorn Entry

Lenskart $5 billion Entry

Learnings From Peyush Bansal

Piyush Bansal has achieved all his success today through his hard work. He says that one should never be afraid of working hard and should do work that brings change in society. One should never give up due to failure.

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