16 Facts About Binny Bansal

Binny Bansal was the chief operating officer until January 2016, when he was promoted to chief executive officer.

Binny Bansal is an anchor investor in the venture firm 021 Capital.

In 2019, Bansal invested in the endowment fund of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Binny Bansal's father was a chief manager at a bank and his mother is in the government sector.

Binny Bansal is originally from Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab and Haryana.

Binny Bansal was educated at St Anne's Convent School, Chandigarh.

Binny Bansal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in computer science and engineering.

Early in his career, Binny Bansal was employed by Amazon for nine months, and before that, he had been rejected by Google twice.

Binny Bansal served as the chief operating officer until 11 January 2016, when he was promoted to chief executive officer.

In 2016, Binny Bansal became the CEO of Flipkart, where he worked on strategic development, direction and business management.

Binny Bansal resigned from Flipkart in November 2018 on allegations of personal misconduct.

Binny Bansal resigned from the executive team on 28 January 2024, and has completely divested his stake.

Binny Bansal is currently an anchor investor in the venture firm 021 Capital which focuses on investing in the fields of biotechnology, agritech, and the internet.

Binny Bansal is an angel investor in multiple startups, including BrightCHAMPS, Virgio, Flash, Hire Quotient and Glints.

Binny Bansal helped back about 47 companies so far spread across 64 funding rounds which include 28 deals in the seed stage, 14 in the early and 4 in late stage.

Binny Bansal has twin sons with his wife Trisha Bansal, a homemaker.