Kunal Bahl, is the CEO & Co-Founder of Snapdeal.com, India’s leading, value-focused e-commerce marketplace that has raised capital from leading global investors such as Temasek, BlackRock, Mr. Ratan Tata, Softbank, Premji Invest, among others. Kunal has been the recipient of various awards including: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (start-up) (2014); Fortune Global 40 under 40 (2014); The Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year (2015); The Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership (2018); The Economic Times Comeback Award (2019).
Kunal is also an active angel investor having invested in 120+ technology companies in India, US and South East Asia, across consumer internet, fintech, direct to consumer brands, AI and deep-tech. Some of his notable investments include Ola Cabs, Urban Company, Razorpay, Shadowfax, Mamaearth, among others. Kunal has also been serving on the Board of Governors of ICRIER, a leading economic think-tank based in New Delhi, since 2015. He is a member of the Nasscom Executive Committee since 2019 and the current Chairman of the CII National E-commerce Committee. Kunal is an engineer from UPenn, with a business degree from The Wharton School, where he was a part of the prestigious Management & Technology Program.