Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Sanjeev Bikhchandani
NationalityIndian
EducationBA from St. Stephen's College, Delhi
MBA from IIM Ahmedabad
OccupationEntrepreneur
OrganizationInfoEdge
AwardsPadma Shri
Websitehttps://www.infoedge.in/

Sanjeev Bikhchandani is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal,[1][2] as well as the co-founder of Ashoka University.[3] He was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in January 2020.[4][5]

He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi and finished schooling from there in 1981. Thereafter, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1984. He completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1989.[6] He is ranked #68 in Forbes India Rich List 2020 with a net worth of $2.1 Billion.[7]

As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated OCTOBER 09, 2024, Sanjeev Bikhchandani & family are ranked 75th with a net worth of $4.25 Billion.[8]

  1. ^ "Bikhchandani hits Rs 722 cr jackpot". Business Standard. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ Kushan Mitra (13 January 2008). "Dot-com's poster boy - Sanjeev Bikhchandani". Business Today. Archived from the original on 31 July 2011.
  3. ^ Menon, Rashmi (23 January 2018). "What's in a name? Sanjeev Bikhchandani was apprehensive of 'Ashoka' University". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Anand Mahindra, Venu Srinivasan to be honoured with Padma Bhushan; Naukri.com founder to get Padma Shri". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Sanjeev Bikhchandani traces his journey from dreamer to achiever". India Today. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. ^ "#68 Sanjeev Bikhchandani & family". Forbes India. 2020.
  8. ^ "India's 100 Richest".