Ankur Warikoo is an Internet Entrepreneur based out of India 

Ankur Warikoo is one of India’s top content creators. He is also a bestselling author and conducts courses online as an educator. In his spare time, warikoo loves to mentor entrepreneurs and act as an angel-investor.

Presently, Ankur splits his time as a content creator (where he engages a community of 5Mn+ followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook), an online educator (where he conducts courses on entrepreneurship, career management and personal growth. Over 150,000+ students have attended his courses so far.) and as a mentor/investor to startups (where he loves spending time with first-time entrepreneurs hoping he can help them not make the same mistakes he made when he started up)

Ankur founded nearbuy.com, India’s No.1 Lifestyle App.

He was its CEO from its inception in 2015 until 2019. Prior to that, Ankur was the founding CEO of Groupon’s India business in 2011 and acted as the Country CEO from 2011-15, and Head of Groupon APAC from 2013-15.

In 2008 he co-founded his first startup – Accentium Web along with 2 other batch-mates from ISB that ran websites such as Gaadi.com, Secondshaadi.com amongst others.
Thereafter, Ankur launched Rocket Internet’s India business and was part of the founding team of Jabong.com.

Ankur Warikoo is also a bestselling author.

His first book “DO EPIC SHIT” released in 2021 and hit #1 in India on the Nielsen bestsellers list.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Ankur was a Management Consultant with Kearney for 3 years. He worked in Delhi, Dubai and New York during this time.

Warikoo holds an MBA degree from the Indian School of Business (Class of 2006) where he was awarded the Young Leader Award. He also has an MS degree in Physics from Michigan State University (where he dropped out of the PhD program) and a BS degree in Physics from Hindu College, Delhi University.

Ankur Warikoo was part of Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 List for India, LinkedIn India’s Top Voices for 2018, 2019 and 2020, LinkedIn India’s Spotlight List, and India’s Top Executives under 40 by Business Today.

Career Path

• Ankur Warikoo started his career in 2004 as a consultant in NIS Sparta, New Delhi, a corporate training consultancy, and worked there for one year.
• In May 2006, he joined Kearney in Chicago, a management consulting firm. Later, Warikoo joined Accentium Web, an internet firm in Gurugram, as a co-founder. He also worked as a venture partner with Rocket Internet in December 2010.
• In March 2011, Warikoo started an e-commerce platform, Groupon, and worked as the head of APAC Emerging Markets, Groupon (Indonesia, Philippines, India, and Thailand).
• From 2014 to 2017 he served as one of the board members of the Indian School of Business, New Delhi. In the same tenure, he was also a part of the ISB’s Next Generation Leader Board (NGLB). In July 2014, Warikoo became an angel investor in many internet and technology companies.
• In August 2015, he started an e-commerce company, nearby.com in Gurugram, Haryana, and worked as its CEO from 2015 to 2019. Currently, he is one of the board members of the company.
• Since 2019, Warikoo is working as a digital educator and content creator. He has conducted various courses on entrepreneurship, personal growth, and career management. Ankur published his first book, “Do Epic Shit” on December 21, 2021, and it became one of the top-selling books in India.

Ankur Warikoo’s Awards and Achievements

• Ankur Warikoo received the Young Leader Award 2005-06 by the Indian School of Business.
• He was listed in the list of top executives below 40 years in Business Today Magazine in 2014.
• Ankur Warikoo received India’s Most Promising Entrepreneur Award by TEDx NIT Srinagar in 2018.
• He was listed in LinkedIn India’s Top voices for three consecutive years, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
• Ankur Warikoo was awarded 30 Entrepreneurs of the Year 2017 by Silicon Review.
• He got the LinkedIn India Power Profile 2018.
• Ankur Warikoo was rewarded with the LinkedIn India spotlight in 2019.

Source for Awards LEADERBIOGRAPHY.COM