Ashneer Grover is a popular Indian businessman who is the CEO and founder of India’s one of the popular online money transaction platforms, BharatPe. Ashneer Grover was born on 14 June 1982 in Delhi, India. He completed his schooling in Delhi, then he did B.Tech in civil engineering at IIT Delhi. During his graduation days.
Ashneer Grover was one of the 6 students who was selected by IIT Delhi as an exchange student for the university of INSA Lyon Institute National Des Science Appliquees de Lyon, France. He moved to France in the year 2002, and he also received a scholarship of Rs. 5 lakh from the French Embassy. In 2004, Ashneer got himself enrolled in an MBA in Finance program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
In 2006, campus placement by IIM Ahmedabad landed Ashneer Grover to Kotak Investment Banking, Mumbai as vice president. In 2013, he joined as the director in Amex, (American Express), an MNC, and he served there for two years. He joined Grofers as the chief financial officer in 2015, and he worked there for a few years.
After all this experience, he wanted to do something different, and then he joined PC Jewelers as business head, and he helped them in their business development and payment options. When he was working in PC Jewelers, he got the idea of BharatPe. Ashneer, along with Shashvat Nakrani and Bhavik Koladiya, launched BharatPe in 2018 it is today the most used payment application.
In 2021, Ashneer Grover was also a popular Shark (investor) in the first season of the reality TV show ‘Shark Tank India’. Ashneer was honored with the young achiever’s award in January 2021.
