The founder of Naukari.com now owns 19 thousand crores!?
An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, sanjeev Bikh Chandani left the popular multinational company GlaxoSmithKline in 1990. At this time his wife Surbhi was also employed and was well paid so it was not much of a problem. sanjeev and his wife Surbhi were classmates at IIM Ahmedabad. love grew between the two and later they got married. After quitting his job, sanjeev started InfoEdge (India) in his father's garage. Started the business using second hand computers and furniture. sanjeev Bikh Chandani data-faced financial difficulties for the first six years of starting his own business. He received virtually no salary for nearly six years. During this time his wife Surbhi had a good salary so it was not a problem to maintain the family. During this time, sanjeev also took up teaching for a while to earn extra money. In 1997, sanjeev Bikh Chandani launched leading job portal Naukri.com (Naukri.com). This changed their fortunes. This portal was launched with the help of paid American server. sanjeev didn't have money for this either. He started this website after getting financial help from his brother. The website became successful and became the first listed dotcom in india to be listed on the stock market after 10 years. Today Bikh Chandani Company owns some of India's leading popular websites including jeevan Sathi.com, 99acres.com and Shiksha.com. The company also owns shares in leading companies including zomato and Policy Bazaar. sanjeev Bikh Chandani is also the founder of Ashoka University, an institution of liberal arts.
Bikh Chandani belonged to a middle class familySanjeev Bikh Chandani hails from a middle class family. His father was a doctor in a government hospital. Mother is a housewife. He graduated in economics from St. Stephen's College, delhi University before obtaining his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.
Net worth 19 thousand croresAccording to Forbes, today sanjeev Bikh Chandani's net worth is Rs 19 thousand crores. InfoEdge india, owned by him, is currently worth around Rs 57,500 crore. Has market capitalization. His wife Surbhi Bikh Chandani has a net worth of Rs 920 crore.