Krishnan Ganesh
| Krishnan Ganesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | IIM Calcutta |
| 💼 Occupation | Businessman |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Meena Ganesh |
Krishnan Ganesh is an Indian entrepreneur and business executive. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of TutorVista, an online tutoring company. He is a serial entrepreneur and has launched four startups with an aggregate capital of ₹16 million (US$220,000) and an aggregate exit valuation of $300 million.[1][2][3]
Ganesh holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His first entrepreneurial venture was in 1990, when he co-founded IT&T, a multi-vendor IT service and support company with 400 employees and 16 offices. IT&T was sold to iGATE in 2000. That same year, he started Customer Asset, a call centre and BPO company, with the help of his wife Meena Ganesh and funding from Softbank Capital and Newscorp. Customer Asset was acquired by ICICI Bank in 2002, and later re-branded as Firstsource.[4]
In early 2004, he invested in a data analytics firm, Marketics Technologies, where he served as the Chairman. In 2008, Marketics was acquired by WNS Global Services for Rs. 3.42 billion (US$75 million).
TutorVista was founded in 2005. Pearson Education acquired a majority stake (around 76%) in TutorVista in 2009 at a valuation of Rs. 10 billion (US$200 million). Ganesh continued to serve as TutorVista's CEO until February 2013 when Pearson concluded a 100% stake purchase.[5]
In March 2013, Ganesh announced plans to start a new business that will use technology to deliver healthcare services directly to homes.[6]
Ganesh has been busy promoting GrowthStory, which is a venture builder entrepreneurship platform for greenfield ventures. His ventures include Bigbasket, Bluestone, Portea, Freshmenu, Dogspot. [7][8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ "TutorVista.com Management Team Bios". TutorVista. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Teaching the world, online from India". BBC. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Anshul Dhamija (27 February 2013). "Krishnan, Meena Ganesh set up family office". The Times of India. Bangalore. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Poornima Kavlekar (20 January 2012). "The story of a serial entrepreneur". smartceo.in. Retrieved 13 August 2013. External link in
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- ↑ Peerzada Abrar (22 March 2013). "TutorVista founder K Ganesh plans new healthcare foray". The Economic Times. Bangalore. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Meet Krishnan & Meena Ganesh: The husband-wife duo with 100% success rate in start-up world". Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Chakraborty, Sayan (2015-08-13). "BigBasket.com raises `325 crore from Bessemer Venture, others". Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Chakraborty, Sayan (2015-09-20). "Portea Medical raises $37.5 million in new funding". Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Kumar, Abhineet. "Ratan Tata now funds love for dogs". Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ↑ Chatterjee, Purvita (2016-04-05). "Other investors take the Ratan Tata path". Retrieved 2016-07-28.
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