Amit Lakhotia — Founder
- Over 8 years of experience with a career in internet space - travel, payments, e-commerce. - Have been part of leadership team of two very successful startups growing to billion dollar companies - MakeMyTrip (2007-11) - India's biggest OTA listed on NASDAQ MMYT, valued about 1bn USD - Paytm (2012 -15) - India's biggest player in the payment space, valued about 5bn USD Joined both of them in their early stages and built meaningful size businesses from ground zero Expertise: - Likes building businesses from scratch to meaningful scale - conceptualisation, strategy and planning, implementation. - Comprehensive understanding of the online space, building scalable businesses, driving marketplace strategies & developing robust distribution channels. - Specialties: Consumer research, product management, supplier negotiations and contracting, building alliances, data analytics, P & L management, driving teams, Building online businesses.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce expert with strong startup leadership experience.
Location: West Delhi, Delhi, India
Experience: 18 yrs 7 mos
Career Highlights
- Built Paytm wallet from scratch, dominating the Indian market.
- Led B2B business growth at MakeMyTrip to INR 500 crores.
- Co-founded successful startups, driving significant market impact.
Work Experience
Park+
Founder (6 yrs 8 mos)
BharatPe
Angel investor (3 yrs)
Tokopedia
Vice President - Business (2 yrs 1 mo)
Paytm Mobile Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Vice President - Business (3 yrs 4 mos)
GetMeCab.com
Co-Founder and Director (10 mos)
MakeMyTrip.com
Product Manager and Business Head - B2B (3 yrs 10 mos)
UTStarcom
Engineer (10 mos)
Education
MBA at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
BE at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology