Rishav Kumar — CEO
A self-motivated & enterprising leader with over 13 years of experience in business, marketing & growth. Started early, got the taste of entrepreneurship in college and built multi-million dollar businesses from the scratch. Currently heading business & growth at EarnKaro - India’s top affiliate marketing platform backed by notable investors like Mr. Ratan Tata. Grew the business from scratch to a community of 4M affiliates who drive over 250Cr sessions & 1,000Cr+ worth of annual sales to Indian e-commerce brands. As per Similarweb, EarnKaro is ranked #1 in terms of referral traffic for many top e-commerce websites in India. I also broadcast unreal e-commerce deals & hacks on my Telegram channel @fire_deals. Ex - AVP at One Impression - a leading global influencer marketing platform where I owned key relationships & overall influencer marketing strategy for partners. Prior to this, worked as National Account Manager for Collabera - a staffing company and owned relationship with key clients of the company. Trained at Interactive Avenues (an IPG Mediabrands owned digital agency) in their client servicing team. Entrepreneurship stint as the Founder of University Express (now acquired) which was one of the largest youth media community in India. Was able to build a network of 10M+ monthly readers & college influencers, hence making college penetration super simple for brands across 4 continents. Also, mentored several start-ups in media/advertising/HR space and helped global companies expand in India. Over the span of 13 years, I've worked with top brands to shape their influencer & affiliate strategy. I’ve also been an active member in the Indian startup ecosystem and volunteered as a mentor at Atal Innovation Mission (Niti Ayog). I write about multiple things including but not restricting to - influencer & affiliate marketing, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, education, career development and life experiences | My voice is heard across social platforms with 11K+ followers on LinkedIn , 25K+ followers on Instagram and 50K+ views on Quora 🚀
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C MarTech professional with extensive experience in influencer and affiliate marketing.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 8 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Enterprise Account Management
- Brand Partnerships
Career Highlights
- Built multi-million dollar businesses from scratch
- Grew EarnKaro to 4M affiliates driving 1,000Cr+ sales
- Mentored startups in media, advertising, and HR
Work Experience
CashKaro.com
Director (11 mos)
Associate Director (3 yrs 1 mo)
General Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
Senior Manager - Marketing (1 yr 1 mo)
Manager - Marketing (1 yr 6 mos)
One Impression
Associate Vice President (4 mos)
Collabera
National Account Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
Interpublic Group (IPG)
Management Trainee (2 mos)
University Express Media (Acquired)
Founder and CEO (6 yrs 1 mo)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management
BA(Honours) at Delhi University
Intermediate at Mount Carmel School
Matriculation at Vishwa Bharati Public School