Sachin Bansal

Sachin Bansal is the founder of the E-commerce company Flipkart. He is an Indian entrepreneur, born in Chandigarh on the 5th of August, 1981. His career at Flipkart lasted 11 years and he left his position as CEO and Chairman of the company in 2018. The decision came after he signed a deal with Walmart.

Sachin and Binny Bansal founded Flipkart in 2007. As of 2018 Bansal reportedly held a 5.5 per cent stake within the company. In the same year, he sold it to Walmart.

Presently, he is the Managing Director of Navi Group. The company specialises in offering financial services to its customers.

He completed his primary education at St. Anne’s Convent School, Chandigarh. Further pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. After graduating in 2005 he began working at Techspan. Within a few months he started working with Amazon Web Services, holding the position of a Senior Software Engineer. Two years later, in 2007, he quit his position to start his own business venture.

Post-Flipkart, he founded BACQ Acquisitions Private Limited. The company specialises in building and acquiring technology-driven businesses.

In 2019, he invested a sum amount of $100 Million in Ola, Unacademy and Terminus amongst other companies. In the same year, his company Navi Technologies acquired the technology consulting firm Maven Hive. No financial details were disclosed relating to the same.

As of 2023, his net worth stands at an estimated value of $1.3 Billion.