Ajeet Khurana

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Ajeet Khurana
Born (1970-03-19) March 19, 1970 (age 54)
Thane, Maharashtra
Nationality Indian
Education Master of Business Administration
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Occupation(s) Entrepreneur, Angel investor
OrganizationReflexical

Ajeet Khurana [1] is an Indian entrepreneur, angel investor, [2] and the founder of Reflexical, an advisory firm that helps startups. [3] [4] [5] [6] He is the former chief executive officer of the ZebPay, a cryptocurrency exchange wallet. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] He is also the former head of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Committee. [25] [26] [27]

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Early life

Ajeet Khurana was born on 19 March 1970 in Thane, Maharashtra, to a Hindu Family of Balwant Singh Khurana and Balwant Kaur Khuran. [28]

Education

Ajeet Khurana completed his education with a Master of Business Administration in human resource management at the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. [29] [30]

Career

Ajeet Khurana is the former CEO of the business incubator at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. [31] [32] He has also served as the CEO of ZebPay. [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] Currently, he is serving as the chief executive officer of Reflexical. [41] [42] [43]

Books

Khurana is the author of Information Technology for Retailing. ISBN   978-0070159228 [44]

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