Binny Bansal is an Indian internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Flipkart, a leading e-commerce marketplace in the country. At Flipkart, he donned several hats, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Group CEO, and Chairman.
Binny founded Flipkart in 2007, an online bookstore based out of Bengaluru. In 2018, he steered Flipkart to close the largest M&A deal in e-commerce, when Walmart acquired a majority stake in the company. Binny is currently an entrepreneur-investor and mentor in the startup ecosystem. He has invested in several early stage startups, including Stellaps, Ather, Increff, Inshorts, Tracxn, and Goodera. Growth stage startups include Acko, Cure.fit, Rupeek, and GreyOrange, to name a few.
Binny also co-founded xto10x Technologies, offering technology tools, learning platforms, and consultancy services to enable growth stage startups scale 10x. He was ranked 26th among India’s 50 Most Powerful People in 2017 by India Today, and was awarded the 2016 ‘Asian of the Year’ award by Strait Times of Singapore.
Binny holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
