Kunal Bahl is an Indian technology

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and

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Early life

Bahl was born in India and had completed his initial school education at Delhi Public School R. K. Puram (DPS)

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. He applied to the

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and received admission. He graduated from the

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at the University of Pennsylvania, earning two bachelor's degrees in Entrepreneurship, Operation & Information Management from

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and Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He finished an executive marketing program from Kellogg School of Management. He worked with

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for a short period, as he went back to India due to a visa issue in 2007.

Career

Bahl co-founded the e-commerce company

Snapdeal Snapdeal is an Indian e-commerce company, based in New Delhi, India. It was founded in February 2010 by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal. Snapdeal was one of the largest online marketplaces in India. Snapdeal targets the value e-commerce segment, ...

in 2010. In 2022, the company assumed the group corporate identity of AceVector, which houses multiple businesses such as

, Unicommerce, Stellaro Brands. Bahl has also been involved with various industry associations and think-tanks. He has been on the board of governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, a member of the executive council of

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, and the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on E-commerce. He also serves on the National Startup Advisory Council, a committee to advise the Indian government on efforts needed to build a strong startup ecosystem. He also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of

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, an Indian conglomerate.

Awards and recognitions

* BMA Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 * ET Top 50 Entrepreneur of India 2014 * Ranked 25 on Fortune 40 under 40 most influential business leaders list 2014 * EY Entrepreneur of the Year - Startup 2014 * Nasscom NextGen Entrepreneur 2014 *The Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015 * AIMA Transformational Business Leader of the Year * Indian Affairs Business Leader of the Year 2015 *The Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership 2018 *The Economic Times Comeback Award 2019

Personal life

Bahl is married to Yashna, who ran a confectionery business.

References

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