Aman Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur who founded the Indian electronics brand boAt. He is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the company.
Aman in his boat office
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Aman Gupta was born on Thursday, 4 March 1982 (age 41 years; as in 2023) in New Delhi. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi. Later, he attended Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (M) from 1998 to 2001 to study Bachelor of Commerce (Hons). He studied Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1999 to 2002. He took admission in it. Indian School of Business offered MBA in Finance and Strategy from 2010 to 2011. Later, he pursued MBA in General Management and Marketing under student exchange program at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management in 2011.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
family and caste
He belongs to a tradesman family.
parents and siblings
Aman’s father’s name is Neeraj Gupta who worked as a director in Advanced Telemedia Private Limited. Ltd.
Aman Gupta’s father
Aman’s mother’s name is Jyoti Kochhar Gupta.
Aman with his mother
His brother’s name is Anmol Gupta and sister’s name is Neha Gupta.
Aman Gupta’s brother
Aman Gupta’s sister
wife and children
Aman is married to Priya Dagar and has two daughters, Adaa Gupta and Miraya.
Aman Gupta’s wife
Aman with his daughter Ada
Aman Gupta’s daughter Miraya
co-founder of boAt
Aman started his career at Citibank in 2003 as an Assistant Manager. In 2005, he founded the company Advanced Telemedia Private Limited with his father. In 2011, he joined KPMG International Limited as a Senior Management Consultant (Strategy Services Group). In 2012, he started working at Harman International as Director of Sales. In 2014, he founded a company called Imagine Marketing India. In 2020, he worked as a freelancer for the company Internet and Mobile Association of India, chairing the D2C Council. In 2016, he became a co-founder of the electronics company boAt.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2019, he won the Businessworld Young Entrepreneur Award.
Aman as recipient of Businessworld Young Entrepreneur Award
- In 2019, he was in the list of Entrepreneur India Tech 25 Class.
- In 2020 he was the winner of Super 30 CMOs.
Aman became the winner of Super 30 CMO
- In 2020 he won the Entrepreneur of the Year award.
- In 2020, he was on the list of 40 Under 40 Achievers by Businessworld.
- In 2020 and 2021, his brand boAt became the top 5 wearable brand in the world.
- In 2021, he was in the Economic Times 40 Under 40 list.
- In 2021, he won the Lokmat Most Stylish Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Aman Gupta wins Lokmat Most Stylish Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Facts/General Knowledge
- Aman’s company boAt is an Indian electronics brand. It sells earphones, headphones, travel chargers and premium rugged cables. boAt carries out its business operations in India in collaboration with Imagine Marketing India.
- He partnered with Sameer Mehta to start boAt. In an interview, he revealed that when he started the company, he and his partners used to work at Social, a café in New Delhi. He also said that before emerging in the market, there were already 200 brands in India that made earwear. His company produced the Apple charging cable and charger as its first product which became the biggest seller on Amazon.
- In an interview, he revealed that he kept the demands of the youth in mind while creating the product. He added,
We speak to consumers in a language they understand. Millennials are very impatient, and if we don’t evolve with them, we’re dead.
- In an interview, he had said that he had to face a lot of rejection in his life. He further said that initially a digital agency demanded Rs. He got Rs 50,000 per month for working with them, and he could not afford that amount, so he learned digital marketing on his own and did social media marketing for his company on his own.
- boAt’s brand ambassadors include Jacqueline Fernandez, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya.
Aman with cricketer KL Rahul
- In 2021, he appeared as a judge in the show ‘Shark Tank India’. This show was based on the concept of the American show ‘Shark Tank’. In the Indian version of the show, some entrepreneurs presented their start-up ideas and impressed the judges to invest in their start-ups. In an interview, he said that when he started his company, he used to watch many episodes of the American show Shark Tank.
Aman in the show ‘Shark Tank India’
- In 2021, he collaborated with Punjabi singer AP Dhillon for his brand promotion. In an interview he said,
As a youth-centric, millennial-centric brand, we know that stars keep changing for the young, and that’s why they love Dhillon. I was surprised to know that all his shows were sold out, even in Hyderabad and Goa.”
Aman with singer AP Dhillon
- In 2021, they ran a campaign titled ‘What Floats Your Boat’ which featured actors Kartik Aryan and Kiara Advani.
Aman with actress Kiara Advani
- In 2021, he appeared in the show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ along with other judges of the show ‘Shark Tank India’.
Aman in the show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’
- He is often published in various newspapers.
Aman appeared in a newspaper
- He likes to drink alcohol on various occasions.
aman holding a glass of wine
- In May 2023, he walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Indian entrepreneur to do so.
Aman Gupta and his wife at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023
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