Shark Tank India 2 Judges List: All You Need to Know about

SonyLIV’s popular OTT business reality show Shark Tank India is back with season 2 after a successful season 1. The show isn’t only the most awaited OTT release of 2023 but has also funny and creative business deals. The Shark Tank India 2 is also loved for charmer sharks on the judges’ panel.

1- Aman Gupta

The Shark on the list is Aman Gupta, who was born in Delhi on March 14, 1982, to Neeraj and Jyoti Kochar Gupta.

He is a Co-founder and Chief marketing officer of boAt, an Indian-based consumer electronics brand that focuses on audio technology headwears such as earphones, headphones, stereos, travel chargers and premium rugged cables, etc.

Imagine Services Private Limited, which does business as BoAt, was incorporated in November 2013 by Gupta and the other co-founder of the company Sameer Ashok Mehta.

Gupta graduated from Delhi University, from where he received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (batch 1998-2001). He was also a CA having studied at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India from 1999-2001.

He studied MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Illinois, USA in 2011. Before co-founding boAt, he also served as director of Sales at Harman International and Senior Management Consultant in KPMG’s Strategy Services Group.

Aman Gupt got married to Priya Dagar on April 7, 2008. The couple has two daughters named Miraya and Ada. As per a report of Times of India, he has a net worth of around Rs 700 crores** (Rs. 10,500 Cr acc to GQ). Read More about Aman Gupta

2- Anupam Mittal

Anupam Mittal is the founder and CEO of People Group which includes popular Indian matrimonial brands Shaadi.com, Makaan.Com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. He is India’s most active angel investor and businessman.

He brought a revolution by starting the online matchmaking businessman when the internet adaptation was bad in the country.

Despite facing failure many times, due to his persistence and dedication, he took his company to an exceptional label where it is today. he has a net worth of Rs 185 crores as per News18** (Rs 15,000 crores acc to GQ).

He was born to a Maharashtra-based Marwadi family to Gopal Krishna Mittal and his wife Bhagwati Devi on December 23, 1971, in a business family.

On July 4, 2013, he got married at Jaipur Palace to his girlfriend Anchal Kumar, who is a model and was also seen in the Bollywood movie Bluffmaster. The couple also has a baby girl Alyssa.

He graduated from Boston University in the academic year 1994-1997 in Business/Commerce. He also has an MBA degree in Operations and Strategic Management.

He also invested in more than 200 start-ups including Interactive Avenues, Sapience Analytics, Big Basket, Cafe Zoe, Druva, Pretty Secrets, etc. Read More about Anupam Mittal

3- Peyush Bansal

Peyush Bansal is the founder and chief executive officer of Lenskart.com, which is the leading e-commerce portal for eyewear and the best example of successful unicorn start-ups in India.

His journey from being a studious student in academics to becoming the founder of the leading eyewear brand is very inspirational, which motivates young aspiring people to work harder for their dreams.

Peyush was born on 26th April 1985 in Delhi, where he completed his school education at one of the leading schools, Don Bosco School.

He moved to Canada to pursue higher studies and took admitted to McGill University where he completed the degree of Bachelor of Engineering Honors in Electrical-IT, Control, and Automation in the academic year 2002-2006.

After graduation, he started his career as a Program Manager at popular tech giant Microsoft, USA, where he worked for one year only.  He also completed MPEFB-Management from IIM, Bangalore.

In 2008, he moved back to India and started an online portal SearchMyCampus.com. After 3 years he along with his friends Amit Chaudhary and Sumit Kapahi founded Valyoo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., which is known as Lenskart now.

Today the company has a total valuation of US$ 130 million (Rs 1075 crores) and Peyush has a net worth of Rs 600 crores, as per GQ India.

4- Namita Thapar

The 44-year-old, a well-acknowledged name, and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the country Namita Thapar is the other Shark on the list.

Namita, who has a net worth of Rs. 600 crores (Acc to GQ), is the Executive Director of the popular Indian multinational pharmaceutical company, Emcure Pharmaceutical which is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra.

She was born on March 21, 1977, in Pune. Her father Satish Thapar is also a businessman. She completed her initial stages of education in her hometown Pune.

Namita has a degree in Chartered Accountant from ICAI, after that, she completed her MBA degree from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Namita is married to Vikas Thapar who is an important face in the Emcure Management Team. He had played a crucial role in the success of the brand. The couple has two sons named Vir and Jay. Read More about Namita Thapar.

5- Vineeta Singh

Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of one of the leading beauty care brands- Sugar Cosmetics. As per News 18, she has a total net worth of 59 crores** (Rs 300 Cr acc to GQ).

She co-founded the brand with her husband Kaushik Mukherjee in 2012 and revolutionized the Indian cosmetic industry. She was born in 1984 and brought up in Delhi to an IIM Madras professor. Her mother was a Ph.D. insider. The name of her parents is not disclosed yet.

After completing her early education in Delhi, she pursued Engineering in Electricals from one of the prestigious institutes- the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. In 2017 she gained her post-graduation degree from IIM, Ahmedabad.

The hard work and dedication of Vineeta made her a successful entrepreneur and her journey inspired the young generation who want to work on their own startup.

Her presence on Shark Tank India was not only positively charming but also empowering for millions of young entrepreneurs. Read more about Vineeta Singh.

6- Amit Jain

India’s popular entrepreneur Amit Jain comes in place of Ashneer Grover, who has a separate fanbase due to his unique style of talking to the participants. It will interesting to see how Amit Jain makes the place.

Jain is also a popular entrepreneur who is the CEO and co-founder of GirnarSoft, an IT externalising company that launched CarDekho, which is the leading car search venture in our nation that helped users find fitting new and old car variants and buy them without any hassles.

Amit Jain hails from Rajasthan’s Jaipur and was born on November 12th, 1976. In 2006, Amit Jain and his brother Anurag Jain developed a software outsourcing company, GirnarSoft and after two years, they launched a Car Searching venture in 2008.

The Shark Tank India Season 2 Judge is married to Pihu Jain, co-founder of CarDekho, they have twins Aayan and Ahil Jain. Amit has a net worth of Rs 2984 crores as per GQ India. Read more About Amit Jain.

Shark Tank India Judges Who left the show

Amit Jain joined Shark Tank India in the second season, while Ashneer Grover and Ghazal were part of season 1.

1- Ashneer Grover

Ashneer Grover is a co-founder of India’s popular fintech company or payment gateway Bharatpe which allows UPI and card payments from any app for free.

The company was founded almost 4 years ago March 20, 2018, and just in a small period of time, it became one of the popular fintech companies, which facilitates small merchants to accept payment for free through its QR codes.

Ashneer founded the company with Shasvat Nakrani. The company’s valuation is around $2.5 billion (Rs 20,683 crores) while that of Ashneer Grover is around more than Rs. 700 core.

He was born in a middle-class family in Delhi on June 14, 1982. He completed his B. Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi (batch 2000-2004)and post-graduation (MBA in Finance) from IIM Ahmedabad (2004-2006 batch).

During his graduation, he also got selected for the student exchange program in Institut national des Science appliques de Lyon, France. For being a brilliant student, he was also awarded a scholarship from the French Embassy.

Ashneer is married to Madhuri Jain, who recently got involved in a controversy that resulted in her termination from the post of company’s (BharatPe) head of controls.

Madhuri’s contract was terminated over the allegations of misappropriated using the company’s funds for personal uses such as beauty treatment, travel, expensive electronics, etc.

2- Ghazal Alagh

Ghazal Alagh is the co-founder and CIO of one of the leading body and baby care brands MamaEarth. She was born on September 2, 1988, in Gurugram, Haryana.

She completed her higher education at Punjab University and married Varun Alagh in 2011 with whom she has a son Agastya.

MamaEarth has gained immense success and it is hitting the crest of financial gains. She also worked as a corporate trainee at IIT, which she gave to work on her startup.

She independently has a net worth of 148 crores (Acc to GQ) which is quite impressive and inspiring. The revenue of MamaEarth hiked to more than Rs. 300 crores in the financial year of 2021.

About Shark Tank India

Shark Tank was loved by the viewers as it was based on a “never seen before”, adopted from America’s business reality show of the same name Which first aired in August 2009 and now running with season 14.

For the Indian audience, which seems bored now, from the typical Saas-Bahu serials and over-exaggerated family dramas, it is a different and interesting concept.

That is why its debut season received huge applause from the audience as well as startups. It not only gained popularity but also empowered the startup ecosystem.

It shows entrepreneurs/contestants, who are called Pitchers, coming from different places in the country and making business presentations to a panel of popular investors who are called Sharks.

The Sharks, after seeing the presentations, decided whether to invest in the company or not.

Ever since the show premiered the judges or Sharks of the show also made headlines and everyone, who are interested in this kind of show are eager to know more about them and their successful journey.

The debut seasons witness the panel of seven judges, who are driving forces behind some popular brands and gained more popularity after the show’s premiere.

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