Sandeep Aggarwal — Founder

Sandeep Aggarwal is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist. Sandeep is the only tech entrepreneur in India to have founded two Unicorns back-to-back – Droom, India's largest automobile e-commerce platform and ShopClues, India's first-ever online managed marketplace. In April 2014, Sandeep started Droom as an automobile E-Commerce platform for buying and selling used and new automobiles. Droom is a completely disruptive business, which has created unparalleled trust, selection, price and convenience for automobile buyers and sellers. Sandeep successfully built ShopClues as the 5th Unicorn in Consumer Internet in India despite being the 35th entrant into the Indian E-Commerce industry. Sandeep founded ShopClues at his house in California in Oct 2010 and moved to India in August 2011 to empower 15mn SME sellers. Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, Sandeep worked for 14 years as a research analyst on Wall Street and in strategy planning roles with two Fortune 100 companies. Sandeep was a top-ranked Internet equity research analyst and worked with Citigroup, Oppenheimer and Collins Stewart with regular appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business and regularly quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, The Financial Times. Prior to Wall Street, Sandeep worked in strategy planning roles at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, and Schwab.com in San Francisco. Sandeep was one of the masters in MTV Dropout, India's first reality TV show to promote entrepreneurship and startups. Sandeep has been very actively collaborating with policymakers and trade bodies for digital India. Sandeep authored the best-selling book titled 'Fall Again Rise Again'. Sandeep has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and holds a US patent.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C E-commerce entrepreneur with expertise in digital media and equity research.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 25 yrs 5 mos

Skills

E-commerce
Equity Research

Career Highlights

Founded two back-to-back Unicorns in India
Pioneered India's first managed marketplace
Top-ranked Internet equity research analyst

Work Experience

Droom Technology

Founder & CEO (12 yrs 2 mos)

ShopClues.com and Droom.in

Founder (14 yrs 11 mos)

Caris & Company

Managing Director, Sr Internet Analyst (1 yr 1 mo)

Collins Stewart

Managing Director, Sr Internet Analyst (2 yrs 1 mo)

Oppenheimer & Co.

Vice President, Sr Internet Analyst (10 mos)

Citigroup Investment Research

Equity Analyst (1 yr 7 mos)

Microsoft Corp

Sr Manager (1 yr 7 mos)

Charles Schwab

Sr Financial Consultant (2 yrs 4 mos)

Kotak Securities

Associate (1 yr)

Education

MBA at Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School

Masters at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya

Bachelor in Commerce at Kurukshetra University

Sandeep Aggarwal

Founder

Gurgaon, Haryana, India25 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded two back-to-back Unicorns in India
Pioneered India's first managed marketplace
Top-ranked Internet equity research analyst

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C E-commerce entrepreneur with expertise in digital media and equity research.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

E-commerceEquity Research

Other Skills

Digital MediaEmerging MarketsMobile InternetOnline TravelSocial MediaSoftware

About

Experience

25 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

14 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Droom technology

Founder & CEO

Apr 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

Founder and CEO at Droom, India's largest automobile E-Commerce platform offering 21st century automobile buying experience

E-commerceDigital MediaSoftware

Shopclues.com and droom.in

Founder

Jul 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

I founded ShopClues in early 2011 at my home in Silicon Valley USA and moved to India in Aug '11. The idea sprang in my mind in Jan '11 (after several unsuccessful attempts to start my own), left my job on Father's Day in Jun '11, brought in three more team members on board between Jun '11 to Sep '11, and launched ShopClues as India's first marketplace of India on 21st Nov '11. I raised close to $2mil from my network & created a strong core team. I launched ShopClues as India's first managed marketplace in the era when all other E-Commerce companies in India were either still inventory led model or equivalent of Groupon. The idea was to create a marketplace platform to bring 15 million SMEs and 1 billion products online and bring the power of marketplace to both buyers & sellers in a way that it is win-win for the entire ecosystem. Since 2011, ShopClues has brought disruption and innovation in E-Commerce in India. ShopClues is building great selection and low price advantage for buyers and empowering SME sellers the way no one has done before. When we started, ShopClues was the 35th entrant into Indian E-Commerce and within first 9 months we had already reached among the top 8 E-Commerce cos in India and within 18-20 months, we had reached among the top 5 E-commerce players in India. At ShopClues, we created a start-up culture & values that no other company has in India. ShopClues empowers SME sellers the way no body else is able to do so far and address customer pain points in a way that has not been done by any other E-commerce cos
I ran ShopClues as Founder & CEO and stepped down as the CEO in Oct '13. During my time, we established ShopClues from my vision to a real big, scalable, and highly efficient company. During my time, SC rose from 35th entrant in Indian E-Commerce to 5th largest in 18 months with a highly differentiating approach with an uncanny focus on SME merchants & non standard categories.
I now run droom.in & invest actively in start-ups.

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