Ankur Warikoo

Ankur Warikoo was born on 25 August 1980 in New Delhi to Kashmiri Pandit parents from Srinagar. Warikoo received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Hindu College, Delhi and completed his schooling from Don Bosco School (Alaknanda, New Delhi) . He received his MBA from Indian School of Business. He enrolled for a PhD in astrophysics and then later dropped out from Michigan State University.

Warikoo started his career in 2008 by co-founding his first startup Accentium Web, under which websites like Gaadi.com and Secondshaadi.com were run. In 2011, he became the CEO of Groupon India. In 2015, he became the CEO of Nearbuy.com. In 2019, he stepped down from Nearbuy.com. In 2021, he published his first book Do Epic Shit & in 2022 he published his second book, GET EPIC SHIT DONE.