Ritesh Arora | |
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| Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (B.Tech, 2006) |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, angel investor |
| Organization | BrowserStack |
| Title | Co-Founder and CEO |
Ritesh Arora is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of BrowserStack, a software testing platform. [1]
Arora graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2006 with a degree in computer science and engineering. [2]
Arora and Nakul Aggarwal founded BrowserStack in Mumbai in 2011 while working on a consulting project called Downcase. [1] They developed a beta version of the cross-browser testing platform before launching it commercially later that year. [3] [4]
As CEO, Arora was involved in expanding BrowserStack from its initial product into a suite of four tools. By 2015, the company reported users in 135 countries, with clients that included Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Walt Disney, Airbnb, and Tesco. [1] That year, it received recognition as the Bootstrap Champ at The Economic Times Startup Awards. [5]
In 2018, BrowserStack raised US$50 million in Series A funding from Accel. [6] The company also established offices in San Francisco and New York, and opened a development base in Ireland as part of its international expansion. [7]
As of 2021, BrowserStack's tools were reported to facilitate more than three million tests daily for over 50,000 teams globally. [7] That same year, the company was valued at $4 billion following a $200 million Series B funding round led by BOND. [8]
In April 2025, Arora and Aggarwal pledged Rs.100 crore to IIT Bombay to support student housing and campus infrastructure projects, [9] including the reconstruction of Hostel 6 and upgrades under Project Evergreen. [10]
In 2021, Ritesh Arora was listed in the Hurun India Rich List among self-made entrepreneurs in India under 40 with an estimated net worth of Rs. 12,400 crore. [11] [12]