Ankur Warikoo is a serial entrepreneur, a bestselling author, an online educator and a digital influencer with a massive following across various social media platforms. He is also one of India’s top content creators.
In 2008 Ankur co-founded his first startup- ‘Accentium Web’, along with two other batch-mates that ran websites such as ‘Gaadi.com’ and ‘Secondshaadi.com’. After that, Ankur launched Rocket Internet’s India business and was part of the founding team of ‘Jabong.com’.
In 2011, Warikoo was the founding CEO of Groupon’s India business. Later, he was the country’s CEO from 2011-2015 and the Head of Groupon APAC from 2013-15.
He founded nearbuy.com, India’s No.1 Lifestyle App. Nearbuy.com operates a $25 billion offline services industry comprising food and drinks, beauty and wellness, activities, movies, events and travel – working with over 40,000 businesses across 33 cities.
Ankur started Brand Warikoo in 2019, representing all aspects of Warikoo’s online presence across all social media platforms. He has impressive numbers (5 M+) to show across his social handles.
He is also a bestselling author. His first book, ‘DO EPIC SHIT’, was released in 2021 and hit #1 in India on the Nielsen bestsellers list.