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Ananth Narayanan

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founded Mensa Brands, a leading digital-first brand house.
  • Led Myntra to 6x growth in 3.5 years.
  • Merged Medlife with Pharmeasy to create India's largest e-health company.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in e-commerce and digital brand development with a strong focus on consumer insights.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness Development

Other Skills

StrategyManagement ConsultingE-commerceChange ManagementCustomer ServiceLifestyle BrandsFashionTeam LeadershipMarketingOperations ManagementStart-ups ManagementBusiness StrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentLeadership

About

Ananth Narayanan is the founder of Mensa Brands. Mensa brands is building the largest house of digital first brand from India for the world. Mensa operates in fashion, beauty, fmcg and the home decor segments and is looking to create the next set of house hold brand names from India Most recently he was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Medlife which he successfully merged into Pharmeasy to create the largest e-health company in India, with business verticals including pharmacy, diagnostics and e-consultation. Prior to this he served as the CEO of Myntra, the country’s largest platform for fashion and lifestyle products. Under his leadership, the company witnessed 6x growth in a span of 3.5 years, while improving profitability, with the right foundation for long term success. He also bought Jabong a competitor and integrated it into Myntra Featured as one of “India’s Hottest 40 under 40 Business Leaders” in 2014, Ananth has deep expertise in driving performance improvement and product development. Prior to joining Myntra, Ananth was a senior partner at Mckinsey & Company for 15 years and has worked across four offices (Chicago, Shanghai, Taipei and Chennai. Ananth serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Marico and is an active member of YPO, the global community of young leaders and chief executives. He is a part of the Champions of Change, Transformation Conclave set up by Niti Aayog, under the aegis of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. He is also on the Board of Arghyam, a foundation set up by Rohini Nilekani to improve access to safe water. He is an active member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is also on the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Michigan.

Experience

26 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Mensa brands

Founder

May 2021Present · 5 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Founded Brnd.Me, a consumer brands business focused on health, wellness, and lifestyle.
  • Leveraged new age technology combined with deep consumer insights to build brands for global markets.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to innovate and enhance brand strategies.
  • Fostered a culture of creativity and agility to adapt to evolving consumer needs.
StrategyManagement ConsultingE-commerceBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Bergwelt capital

Investor

Feb 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

The live love laugh foundation

Trustee

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • Mental health. Non profit

Medlife.com

Co-Founder and CEO

Jul 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Arghyam

Board Trustee

Jun 2019May 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Water conservation. Non profit

Marico limited

Board Member

Aug 2017Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

Myntra jabong

Chief Executive Officer

Sep 2015Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Area, India

Mckinsey & company

2 roles

Managing Partner, Product Development Practice Asia

Jan 2010Sep 2015 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Director (senior partner)

Jan 2000Sep 2015 · 15 yrs 8 mos

Education

University of Madras

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

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