Varun Mimani

Co-Founder

Delhi, India15 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-Founder of innovative footwear brand RARA Barefoot.
Led the launch of Zomato's food delivery service.
Experienced in strategy consulting across multiple industries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in the footwear and food delivery industries with strong strategic consulting expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

StrategyBrand DevelopmentLeadershipManagement ConsultingMarket ResearchBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingAnalysis

Other Skills

Competitive AnalysisSupply ChainRetail BusinessCategory ManagementDue DiligenceValuationAnalyticsMergers & AcquisitionsEducationConsultingBusiness AnalysisTeam ManagementFinancial AnalysisAnalytical Skills

Experience

15 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Rara barefoot

Co-Founder

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece. It has 26 bones and 33 joints working in perfect sequence, more intricate than a Swiss watch. Over 100,000 sensors sit under the skin, around 600 times more than an F1 car uses to read the track. It’s built to balance, absorb impact, and adapt to any surface. There’s no sense in tampering with this design.
Four million years of movement shaped this system. Our ancestors walked and ran across continents, covering thousands of kilometers barefoot or in simple sandals. Then came four decades of marketing that tried to improve what evolution perfected. Shoes became softer, taller, narrower. The foot adapted to them instead of the other way around.
In the Copper Canyons of Mexico, the Rarámuri still run hundreds of kilometers in barefoot sandals, light and fast.They’re proof of how well the human body still works when its design is left alone.
RARA Barefoot exists to protect that design. The aim is to build the best barefoot sneakers in the world. Each pair follows the logic of the foot itself: flat for balance, wide at the toes, flexible enough for muscles to stay active. Once you experience them, every other shoe will feel like a mistake.
RARA Barefoot brings 4 millions of evolution, in your size.

StrategyBrand DevelopmentMarket ResearchCompetitive Analysis

1mg

Vice President

Jul 2016 – Jul 2023 · 7 yrs

Managed and led large teams across different domains. Was instrumental in establishing new business lines, expanding some existing ones and hyper-scaling operations over the last 7+ years at 1mg.
Supply Chain
Retail Business
Hospital Business
Category Management

LeadershipManagement ConsultingSupply ChainRetail BusinessCategory Management

Zomato

Online Food Order - Founding Team

Apr 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

a) Founding Team, Zomato Order (food delivery business of Zomato)
Part of the leadership team that established the Zomato Order business in India - order flow definition, product features (consumer & merchant), hardware requirements at merchant locations etc.
Led the launch of the food delivery business in the middle-east (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Australia
Led the operations in the largest city for Zomato Order - Delhi NCR
Orders scaled from zero to 1m+ per month during my tenure at Zomato
b) Spent a few months as the head of content. Helped redefine how content was managed at Zomato. Content is the main currency for Zomato's organic traffic: contributing to over 80% of the overall traffic

LeadershipMarket ResearchCompetitive Analysis

The parthenon group

Principal Consultant

Jul 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

The Mumbai office of the Parthenon Group (boutique strategy consulting firm, based out of Boston) specializes in the education domain across verticals & geographies around the world. As a Principal Consultant with them, my experience was primarily in the education sector spanning K-12, higher-ed, vocational, education technology, distance education, language training & not-for-profit education services.
I was involved in business strategy assignments that range from growth strategy, new market entry/scan, competitive landscaping, PE diligence, analysis of investment alternatives, operations strategy to valuation.
This included working closely with investors, PE firms & operators in multiple geographies such as India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Africa, Nigeria, UK, Switzerland, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and US.

StrategyBusiness StrategyDue Diligence

Towers watson

Actuarial Consultant

Aug 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Greater Delhi Area

After graduation, I acquired experience in actuarial science, as a consultant specializing in life & health insurance at Towers Watson’s actuarial practice (a leading global actuarial & risk services co.).
As a part of the Insurance & Financial Services team, my focus was on the life & health insurance markets in India, South East Asia & the UK.
While my tenure at Towers, I enrolled with the Institute of Actuaries, UK & cleared 9 out of 15 actuarial examinations from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK.

Financial ModelingAnalysisValuation