Abhay Singhal
| Abhay Singhal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 🏡 Residence | San Francisco, California, United States of America |
| 🏳️ Nationality | India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
| 💼 Occupation | Co-Founder & President at InMobi |
Abhay Singhal is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and President of InMobi, a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Abhay Singhal grew up in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh in India. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in B-Tech and Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) in 2001. [1]
Career[edit]
During his undergraduate years, Abhay Singhal co-founded TeN in 2001, heading its sales department and raised VC money shortly after.[1]
In 2007, Singhal launched InMobi inside a shared apartment with Naveen Tewari, Amit Gupta and Mohit Saxena after moving to Mumbai. They started their first business mKhoj, an SMS search engine, which later went on to be a mobile advertising and technology platform which they rebranded to InMobi. Later on, the three decided to move their base to Bangalore.[2]
Singhal spent two years in London in 2012 to build the European business for InMobi serving as the managing director for EMEA and the Vice President of Global Ad Sales.[3]
Today, Singhal is the President of InMobi and is based in San Francisco, California. InMobi is said to have raised more than $250 million in funding from their key investors SoftBank and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.[4]
Awards and Recognition[edit]
- ‘Excellence in Entrepreneurship’ in 2013 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur[5]
- Distinguished Alumnus Award’ in 2013 from IIT Kanpur for his excellence in entrepreneurship[1]
- ‘Outstanding Start Up’ in 2014 by Forbes India Leadership Awards[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 User, Super. "Abhay Singhal". dora.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ Pandya-Wagh, Kinjal (2015-10-20). "India's global advertising giant". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "InMobi co-founder Abhay Singhal to head EMEA, global business operations". Techcircle. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "InMobi has positioned itself as the go-to company in mobile advertising | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "Previous Distinguished Alumni Awardees". dora.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ India, Forbes. "Forbes India Leadership Awards 2018". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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