Ankur Warikoo is a famous Indian YouTuber, motivational speaker, and internet entrepreneur. He is well-known to the public as the co-founder of “Nearbuy”. He is the former CEO of “Groupon India +APAC”. In addition to this, he is a management consultant at A.T. Kearney.
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Ankur Warikoo Biography:-
Ankur Warikoo was born on 25 October 1980 in New Delhi, India. His parents are Kashmiri pandits. Ankur is now about 42 years old.
Ankur Warikoo Education:-
Ankur completed his early education at an anonymous school in his hometown. Since childhood, he was interested in physics deeply.
It was heard that he got a big book about space as a gift from her aunt and was deeply fascinated by the theories and explanations of physics. So, he started to love this subject and wanted to pursue a 5-year master’s in physics at IIT.
But, unfortunately, he did not get the chance there. As a result, he took admission to the Hindu College under Delhi University whence he pursued his Bachelor’s degree in physics.
Then, he pursued his MBA from the Indian School of Business. Later, he came to know about Astrophysics, the physics of the universe and went to the US to fulfill his dream of becoming the first man on Mars. So, he started his Ph.D. in astrophysics at Michigan University. After some time, he dropped out of the university.
Ankur Warikoo Career:-
He began his journey in 2008 as the co-founder of Accentium Web in which many websites like Gaadi.com and Secondshaadi .com existed. After 2 years, he joined “Groupon India” and very soon became the CEO of the company.
After that, in 2015, he achieved the post of CEO of “Nearbuy.com”, a hyper-local merchant listing community. After working for 4 years, he resigned in 2019.
Book of Ankur:- In 2021, he published his first book entitled “Do Epic Shit”.
Ankur as a YouTuber:-
Ankur has a YouTube channel where he regularly posts his motivational speech. Through his excellent speech, he is inspiring the youths of India about goals, success, mindset, positive vibes, lifestyle, etc.
He also speaks about the benefits of investment, a long-term journey in the stock market, entrepreneurship, etc.
Ankur in LinkedIn:-
Ankur is very active on LinkedIn where he uploads his motivational speech also. As a result, LinkedIn declared him as the top voice of India in 2018.
Ankur Warikoo wife:-
He is married. His wife is Ruchi. According to Ankur, his wife is “the biggest gift ” as she loves him very much and makes him always happy.
Awards:- He got Fortune 40 under 40 for his book “Do Epic Shit“, and also received Golden Book Awards in 2022.
Ankur Warikoo Net Worth:-
He has a net worth that is estimated at around 2 million USD (approx. /as of 2022)