You may not be knowing that your favorite judge on Shark Tank India, Anupam Mittal, is also the founder of Shaadi.com. Here’s all that you need about the reality show’s Captain Cool.
Anupam Mittal, has come a long way from the time he founded Shaadi.com to investing in more than 200 startups.
Anupam Mittal is the founder and CEO of People Group. Shaadi.com originated in 1999 as Sagaai.com, but Anupam Mittal changed the name to Shaadi.com in 2001, believing it to be a more marketable brand. Anupam has also invested in Bollywood films and is the producer of the movie Flavors and 99. In the inaugural season of the Sony LIV business reality show Shark Tank India, he is one of the Sharks, or investors.
Anupam Mittal was born on 23rd December, 1971 to Bhagwati Devi Mittal and Gopal Krishna Mittal. Anupam graduated from Boston College in Massachusetts, USA. From 1994 to 1997, Anupam majored in Operations & Strategic Management.
He resigned down as CEO of online matrimony platform Shaadi.com in July 2015 to focus on worldwide expansion and other areas of company.
Mittal returned to Shaadi.com as CEO in March 2016, following more than a decade as an investor, primarily in start-ups.
In December 2021, he appears as one of the investors, or “sharks,” in Shark Tank India, an Indian business reality television series.
Mittal had invested in about 200 start-up firms as of July 2016, including Interactive Avenues, Druva, Sapience Analytics, Pretty Secrets, Cafe Zoe, Peel Works, TaxSpanner, Fab Hotels, Ketto, Prop Tiger, Big Basket, FarEye, Lets Venture, and others.
He also produced the first two Bollywood movies directed by Raj and DK, Flavors and 99.
Anupam Mittal married his long-term love, actress Aanchal Kumar, in the Jaipur Palace on July 4, 2013. Alyssa Mittal is the only daughter of the couple.
