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Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Naukri.com / Info Edge · Delhi

An IIM-A grad who chose patience over speed. Built Naukri profitably for a decade before the internet became fashionable — and turned his patience into early bets on Zomato and Policybazaar.

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Journey

Moves that mattered.

1990
Quit a cushy ad job to start a salary-research firm from his servant quarters.
1997
Launched Naukri.com — India's first job site — on a friend's server.
2006
Info Edge IPO; first profitable Indian internet listing.
2008
Wrote first ₹4 cr cheque to Zomato — became India's most successful internet angel.

Struggles

First 10 years on a shoestring; no funding, salaries deferred, family savings burned.

Family

Married to Surabhi. Two children. Famously frugal — still flies economy.

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An IIM-A grad who chose patience over speed. Built Naukri profitably for a decade before the internet became fashionable — and turned his patience into early bets on Zomato and Policybazaar.

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