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Ankiti Bose

Zilingo · Bengaluru

Built one of Asia's largest fashion B2B platforms — and became the most public cautionary tale of founder governance disputes in India.

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Ankiti Bose
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Company
Zilingo
Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 2015
    Founded Zilingo — Southeast Asia fashion B2B.
  2. 2019
    Valued at $970M. India's most-watched female founder.
  3. 2022
    Suspended and dismissed amid accounting probe.
  4. 2024
    Public legal battles. Reclaiming the narrative.
Struggles

Suspended at peak. Public investor war. Personal life dragged into headlines.

Family

Married. Daughter of academics.

The full story

Ankiti Bose, in 1 chapters.

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    The story

    Built one of Asia's largest fashion B2B platforms — and became the most public cautionary tale of founder governance disputes in India.

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