Ankur Warikoo loves Batman, admires Elon Musk

Quick Bytes with Ankur Warikoo

Ankur Warikoo is the Co-founder and CEO of hyper-local commerce platform Nearbuy, which was acquired by Paytm recently. Now an angel investor, this 38-year-old serial entrepreneur is an ISB alumnus...

What is your idea of perfect happiness? 

Being comfortable with who I am

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What is your greatest fear? 

Losing my loved ones

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What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? 

When it comes to work I forget everything else – even family

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What is the trait you most deplore in others? 

Not respecting people below you

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Which living person do you most admire? 

I admire a lot of people – Elon Musk, Brian Chesky, and Drew Houston among them

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What is your greatest extravagance? 

Ink pens

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What is your current state of mind? 

Happy

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What do you consider the most overrated virtue? 

Loyalty

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What do you most dislike about your appearance? 

Nothing

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Which living person do you most despise? 

Nobody

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What is the quality you most like in a man? 

Respect towards women

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What is the quality you most like in a woman? 

Conducting herself in a way which does not seek to suggest that she is a woman

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Which words or phrases do you most overuse? 

Fascinating

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What or who is the greatest love of your life? 

My son

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When and where were you happiest? 

When we did the management buyout of Nearbuy

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Which talent would you most like to have? 

I would love to sing

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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 

I wouldn’t change anything

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What do you consider your greatest achievement? 

Yet to come

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If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? 

Myself

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Where would you most like to live? 

I really love Delhi

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What is your most treasured possession? 

My family

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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? 

Children losing parents

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What is your favourite occupation? 

I have always wanted to be an astronaut

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What is your most marked characteristic? 

I am always happy

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What do you most value in your friends? 

The time they spend with me

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Who are your favourite writers? 

I don’t have any

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Who is your hero of fiction? 

Batman

Which historical figure do you most identify with? 

Somehow I always loved Akbar; but I don’t identify with him.

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Who are your heroes in real life? 

My parents are my heroes as they have had to struggle a lot to make me and my sister reach where we are

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What are your favourite names? 

My son’s name Vidur, which means intelligent, and Kabir.

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What do you most dislike? 

People not respecting others

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What is your greatest regret? 

None

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How would you like to die? 

I want to die on Mars

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What is your motto? 

Do epic s***.