Anupam Mittal is an Indian businessman who is the founder and CEO of People Group. In 2021, he was one of the seven judges of the business reality show Shark Tank, broadcast on Sony Entertainment.
Excerpt from People-Group website
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Wiki/Biography
Anupam Mittal was born on Thursday, 23 December 1971 (age 51 years; as of 2022) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He studied Business and Commerce from Boston College, Massachusetts, United States from 1994 to 1997.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Gopal Krishna Mittal and mother’s name is Bhagwati Devi Mittal. Anupam Mittal has two sisters.
Anupam Mittal with his wife (left) and sisters (right)
wife and children
Anupam Mittal married Aanchal Kumar on 4 July 2013 in Rajasthan, India. Aanchal Kumar is a model.
Anupam Mittal on his wedding day
The couple has a daughter.
Anupam Mittal with his daughter and wife
caste/ethnicity
Marwari
livelihood
Anupam Mittal started working as a product manager at MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software firm in Washington DC, soon after finishing his college studies in 1998. He worked in this post for four years. In 1997, Anupam Mittal started his own matchmaking website named Sagaai.com. This online matrimonial website was later named Shaadi.com, which provides a great platform for online matrimony in India where one can meet their potential life partner. There are more than 30 lakh matchmaking stories registered on the Shaadi.com website. This website is considered to be India’s largest and Asia’s leading matrimonial website.
Excerpt from Shaadi.com website
In 2003, Anupam Mittal invested in the Bollywood film Flavors as a producer. In 2005, Anupam Mittal founded the website mauj.com which provides mobile content such as video games, screen wallpapers, ringers, Indian matrimonial apps, roaming apps and messaging apps.
An excerpt from Mauj.com website
An online real estate business was started by Anupam Mittal in 2007. It was named makaan.com which provides an online platform for buyers and sellers of properties to conduct commercial transactions online at budget prices.
An excerpt from Makaan.com website
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) was co-founded by Anupam Mittal in 2004 and served as its President for some time. Later Anupam Mittal invested one crore in OLA Cabs and became its partner for 2% share. In 2018, he founded H2 India and serves as its co-chairman. In 2009, he invested in the Bollywood film 99 as a producer. Anupam Mittal is a board member of LetsVenture Online and Zeppo and serves as an advisor to ShaadiSaga website, Gripp Video Games and K Capital for online planning of Indian weddings. , a company that receives capital for further development. Anupam Mittal appeared in a business reality show called Shark Tank as one of the seven judges of the show.
Anupam Mittal in Shark Tank India show
The other judges of the show were Vineeta Singh, Piyush Bansal, Namita Thapar, Ashneer Grover, Ghazal Alagh and Aman Gupta. These judges of the Shark Tank reality show were called Sharks.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Anupam Mittal follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Anupam Mittal’s Instagram post about his eating habits
- In 2021, during the Shark Tank business reality show, the judges of the show chose emerging business individuals to invest financially and intellectually in their small business so that they can go further in their respective ventures.
- Anupam Mittal often endorses luxurious brands and advertisements on social media.
Anupam Mittal driving and promoting the Lamborghini Huracan
- Anupam Mittal regularly practices boxing as his favorite pass time activity.
Anupam Mittal (right) practicing boxing
- According to Anupam Mittal, in 2007 he invested in Interactive Avenues as an angel investor and left the company a year later after becoming its largest shareholder. In an interview given to a media house, Anupam was asked how he started investing in startups at the beginning of his career. Then he replied,
I started angel investing in 2007 when I didn’t know it was called angel investing. I invested in a company called Interactive Avenues. All I knew was that the team was bright. I sat with him at the airport, negotiated the terms and handed over the cheque. When Interactive Avenues was sold about a year ago, I was the company’s largest shareholder. This was the first exit for me too. This was quickly followed by smaller exits, as well, by start-ups such as LittleLabs and an online business events company.
- Anupam was listed among the top 25 most searched people on the Internet by Week magazine. He was listed among the 50 most powerful people in India by Business Week. He was listed among the top 100 icons of India’s digital ecosystem by Impact Digital Power in 2012 and 2013. He was listed among the top 100 NRIs of North America. Later, he was awarded Entrepreneur of Year by IT People. He was also awarded the Karmaveer Award.
- Anupam Mittal has more than 42 thousand followers on Instagram. He is very active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
- Anupam Mittal is a compassionate animal lover. He often posts pictures of his pet dog on social media.
Anupam Mittal with his wife and daughter
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