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  • 04-Mar-2023
  • by Er. Deepak Maurya

Amit Jain Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Wife, CarDekho Founder, Career.

Amit Jain is an Indian entrepreneur best known as the CEO and co-founder of CarDekho. The newest addition to the Shark Tank India judges' team is Amit Jain, CEO and Co-Founder, CarDekho.

In Season 2 of Shark Tank India, apart from Amit Jain, the makers of the show have retained Anupam Mittal, Founder and CEO of Shaadi.com, People Group.

Aman Gupta , co-founder and CMO of boAt, as well as Namita Thapar, executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, are back on the show. Additionally, Vinita Singh, Co-founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics and Piyush Bansal, Founder and CEO of Lenskart.com will also be making an appearance on the show once again.

Biography of Amit Jain

Full Name Amit Jain
Famous For Being a Judge of Shark Tank India 2 CEO & Co-Founder of Car-Dekho Group
Date of Birth 12 November 1976
Age 46 years (in 2022)
Birth Place Jaipur, Rajasthan
Education B.Tech
school St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur
College IIT Delhi
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Nationality Indian
Hometown Jaipur, Rajasthan
Religion Hindu
Height 5 feet 5 inches
Eye Color Black
Hair Color Black
Profession Indian Entrepreneur
Marital Status married

 

Who is Amit Jain?

Amit Jain is an Indian entrepreneur best known as the CEO and co-founder of CarDekho. Shark will be seen as a judge in Tank India 2.

Amit Jain Birth & Early Life

Amit Jain was born on 12 November 1977 in Jaipur. Amit Jain belonged to a middle class and educated family. His mother is a housewife and his father died of cancer in 2006.

Amit Jain is married to a bottle gourd named Pihu Jain. And they also have two children, a son and a daughter. His wife also helps him a lot in business. His separate venture Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd. Yes, she sees him.

Amit Jain Education

Amit Jain did his early education from St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur, Rajasthan. After this he decided to do engineering.

With his efforts, he had succeeded in getting the top rank in the country's toughest Engineering Entrance Exam. He completed his B.Tech from IIT Delhi.

 

Amit Jain Family

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Father's Name Prashant Jain
Mother's Name Neelima Jain
Brother's Name Anurag Jain
Wife's Name pihu jain
Children's Name He has twin sons.

 

Amit Jain's wife and children


Amit Jain is married to Pihu Jain, who runs Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd. The couple has twin sons Ayaan Jain and Ahil Jain. His wife also helps him a lot in his business. Pihu Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd as the Vice President of Online Advertising and Marketing at the company. A software program that was developed with the help of her husband and brother-in-law.

Amit Jain's company started Car Dekho (Foundation of CarDekho)


After Amit Jain completed his studies, he started working as a software engineer in Tata Consulting. Where he worked for 2 years and then left it. After this he worked in Trilogy, a software development company in 2002.

He worked in that company till 2007. He worked in that company to create a website called YourBillBuddy.com. His father died of cancer in 2006, so he left the company's work and at his home in 2006, he started Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd. Company was started. His wife Pihu Jain handles this company.

In 2008, Amit and his brother founded CarDekho while attending the Auto Expo in New Delhi and came up with the idea of starting a website with reliable information for buying and selling used and new cars.

He started a portal where he provided users with the right information about cars before they decide to buy. In the year 2009, he had a loss of Rs 1 crore in the stock market. Because of which he had no money left.

Initially they faced many difficulties, but in 2015, CarDekho grew rapidly and today the company is standing at a great place. In the year 2013, his company received funding from Sequoia Capital, a US based company.

Most others spend on marketing. For the first seven years, Amit Jain did not spend a single rupee on marketing. Even he did not create any account on Facebook, Google or Instagram, nor did he do any brand advertisement. The information they provided was their marketing strategy.

Shark Tank India Season 2 Judge List


The show featured the founder and CEO of a well-known company as a judge and investor. Whose information is given below-

 (judge) Profession Assets (Net-worth)
Anupam Mittal People Group CEO & Founder, Founder of shadi.com more than 100 crores
Vinita Singh CEO and Co-Founder of Sugar Cosmetics Rs 300 crore
Namita Thapar Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Rs 600 crore
Piyush Bansal Founder and CEO of Lenskart Rs 600 crore
Aman Gupta Co-founder and CMO of Boat Rs 710 crore
Amit Jain Founder of CarDekho.com Rs 2980 crore

Total assets of Amit Jain (Amit Jain Net Worth)

Today his company has become worth 1200 million dollars. Amit Jain has an estimated net worth of US$365 million. He has more assets than the total assets of the other five judges. That's why Amit Jain is the richest among the five sharks.

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