Peyush Bansal

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Peyush Bansal
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Bansal in 2015
Born (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 39)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Education
Occupations
Organization Lenskart
Television Shark Tank India (2021–present)
SpouseNidhi Mittal [1]
Children1

Peyush Bansal (born 26 April 1985) is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and an angel investor. [2] He is the co-founder and CEO of Lenskart, an Indian multinational optical prescription eyewear retail chain, based in Gurugram. He is also a shark at the show Shark Tank India . [3] [4]

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Early life and education

He was born into the Hindu Bansal family of Bal Kishan and Kiran Bansal. [5] He went to the United States for a job at Microsoft but later quit to start his own business. Then he started a new venture, selling eyewear online in the USA. He studied at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. [6] He started another venture called Valayoo Technologies. [7] [8]

Career and Startup Fundings

In 2007, he came back to India and started SearchMyCampus.com, which helps college students find jobs. [9]

In 2009, he started his another venture named Flyer got success initially but later on diminished. He scrapped the venture in November 2010. [10]

He started his own business named Lenskart along with Amit Chaudhary in 2010. [11] In 2011, they were joined by Sumeet Kapahi, who worked for another eyewear brand. [12] [13]

After starting Lenskart, he started other ventures with similar names WatchKart, JewelsKart and BagsKart. [14] [15]

Television

Bansal is one of the major investors/judges on the business reality show Shark Tank India .

In 2022, Bansal along with the other Shark Tank India judges appeared as a VIP contestant in Kaun Banega Crorepati . [16] He also appeared as a guest on The Kapil Sharma Show together with other Shark Tank India judges. [17] [18]

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