Peyush Bansal (born 26 April 1985) is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and an angel investor. He is the co-founder and CEO of

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, an Indian multinational optical prescription eyewear

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, based in

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. He is also a judge of the show ''

Shark Tank India ''Shark Tank India'' is an Indian Hindi-language business reality television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The show is the Indian franchise of the American show ''Shark Tank''. It shows entrepreneurs making business presenta ...

''.

Early life and education

He was born into the Hindu

Bansal Bansal is a surname of Indian origin. Among Agrawals, it is the name of a gotra (patrilineal clan). People with the surname Bansal include: * Binny Bansal, businessman and co-founder of Flipkart * Harmeet Singh Bansal, Indian cricketer * Jyoti ...

family of Bal Kishan and Kiran Bansal. He went to United States for a job at

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but later quit to start his own business. Then he started a new venture, selling eyewear online in the USA. He studied at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He started another venture called Valayoo Technologies.

Career

In 2007, he came back to India and started SearchMyCampus.com, which helps college students find jobs. In 2009, he started his another venture named Flyer got success initially but later on diminished. He scrapped the venture in November 2010. He started his own business named

along with Amit Chaudhary in 2010. In 2011, they were joined by Sumeet Kapahi, who worked for another eyewear brand. After starting Lenskart, he started other ventures with similar names WatchKart, JewelsKart and BagsKart.

Entertainment

Bansal is one of the major investors/judges on the business reality show ''

''. In 2022, Bansal along with the other ''Shark Tank India'' judges appeared as a VIP contestant in ''

Kaun Banega Crorepati ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' (also simply known as ''KBC'') is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' franchise. It has been presented by actor Amitabh Bachchan ...

''. He also appeared as a guest on ''

The Kapil Sharma Show ''The Kapil Sharma Show'', also known as TKSS, is an Television in India, Indian Hindi-language stand-up comedy and talk show broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television. Hosted by Kapil Sharma, the first season of the show had its premiere on ...

'' together with other ''Shark Tank India'' judges.

References

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