Anurag Jain is an Indian entrepreneur who is best known as the CEO and co-founder of CarDekho Group along with his brother Amit Jain. Anurag is also known as the COO and Co-Founder of GirnarSoft.
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Anurag Jain was born on Monday, 12 November 1979 (age 43 years; as in 2022) in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Their zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his schooling from St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Jaipur. He earned an integrated master’s degree in technology, mathematics and computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is not known. He died in 2006. His mother was a housewife. He has an elder brother, Amit Jain, who is also the co-founder of CarDekho.
Anurag Jain with his brother
wife and children
His wife’s name is not known. He has a son.
Anurag Jain with his wife (right) and son
livelihood
In November 2002, he joined i2 Technologies as a senior systems consultant. In 2006, he began working at Saber Holdings as a Senior Operations Research Analyst. In 2006, he opened a small office in the garage of his home and founded the software company GirnarSoft with his brother Amit. In 2008, after attending the Auto Expo in New Delhi, he decided to launch the CarDekho portal, which provided users with reliable information and reviews on used and new cars. After the flourishing of his portal CarDekho, he launched several other ventures like InsuranceDekho, BikeDekho and CollegeDekho. Later, they also acquired Gaadi.com and Zigwheels.
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2006, he and his brother quit their jobs and returned to their hometown to take care of their father, who was suffering from cancer. In his early days in Jaipur, he worked in his father’s gem business.
- When he started his business he faced a lot of problems. In 2009 he received approximately Rs. There was a loss of. There were Rs 1 crore in stock and he did not even have funds to pay his employees.
- In 2013, Sequoia Capital, a US-based company, funded his company.
- In 2022, his company started a new company, which provided loans to people wishing to buy used cars. Talking about this venture in an interview, Amit said,
There are many agencies for loans for new cars. But this was not the case with used cars. This gave us the idea of creating a platform with 15 agencies dealing with debt. On the back side, we joined hands with banks and on the forward side, we joined hands with dealers. Earlier the loan approval rate for used cars was 40 percent. But with so many people lending, it rose to 75 percent. From 12-15 days approval, we reduced it to 3 days using technology.
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