About Hari Menon
Hari MenonĀ is a Co-founder and CEO of leading online grocery storeĀ named bigbasket.com. Big basket is aĀ Indiaās largest online groceryĀ shopping storeĀ of Innovative Retail Concepts Private LimitedĀ having headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Along with Big basket he is also a co-Founder of Symphony Industrial A. He worked with many companies as a CEO such as Serus Corporation, TimeliĀ and Tumri.
Bio/Wiki
Full Name | Hari Menon |
Nickname | Hari |
Date of Birth | 1964 ((wikipedia)) |
Age | 57 years old |
Birthplace | Bandra West, Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Profession | Businessman |
Zodiac sign / Sun sign | Not Known |
Famous For | Big Basket CEO |
PhysicalĀ Stats
WeightĀ (approx.) | Kilograms- 62 Kg Weight in Pounds- 136 lbs |
HeightĀ (approx.) | Centimeters ā 157 cm Inches ā 5 ft 4 in Meter ā 1.57 m |
Shoe Size | Not known |
Hair Color | White |
Eye Color | Black |
Family
Father Name | Not Known |
Mother Name | Not Known |
Brother Name | Not Known |
Personal Life
School | Lawrence School, Lovedale |
College | Birla Institute of Technology and Science Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania |
Educational Qualifications | B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering MBA |
Debut | Fabmart |
Years Active | NA |
Awards
N/A
Relationship & more
Wife Name | Shanti |
Marital Status | Married |
Favorite Things
N/A
Money Factor
Net Worth | $507.5M |
Career
After completing his studies, He started his professional career I in 1990Ā by joining ConsiliumĀ as a Software Engineer. He was part of his first company for 3 years. After that for another 3 three years he worked as ManagerĀ at Accenture. He worked at Aspect i2 TechnologiesĀ as a Senior Director or product managementĀ for almost 1 year after that he acted as a product strategy and marketingĀ at Aspect Development. He was Vise President of Corporate Strategy and MarketingĀ at Bristlecone InĀ from 2003 to 2004. This is company is founded by himself. As he wanted he finally started his journey as a entrepreneur in September 2004 along with some others. He founded a his start up named Tumri. He worked as a CEO there but unfortunately in 2012 company was acquiredĀ by Collective Media and then become a imp part of Adobe.
At the same time he along with Sudhakar, Vipul Parekh, RameshĀ and Abhinay ChoudhariĀ founded āBigBasketāĀ on October 2011. After this success of big basket they got $150 million as an investmentĀ in March 2019Ā from Mirae, Alibaba Group and CDC Group and so valuation of his company goes over US$1 billion. They acquired micro-delivery company DailyNinjaĀ in March, 2020. Recently in Feb 2021 TATA group acquired a 68%Ā stakeĀ from BigBasketĀ Ā which is worth of aroundĀ ā¹9,500 crore.
Before starting BigBasket Hari and his five friends started a āFabmartā. This was a online store same as Amazon and Flipkart. During first year of this startup there were no transactions and so they could not generate enough revenue. So they need to close this. But they didnāt gave up they started āFabmartā physical retail chain of a grocery store. We can say that it was physical version of Fabmart. This was Indaās first online-to-offline retail store. They also merged with Trinethra which was also a grocery retail chain. They expanded Fabmart to 300 stores across Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. After this business went sucessful they all founded Big Basket. ((IMDB))
Some unknown facts about
- Big Basket faced cyber attack that affected the data of over 2 crore customers which includes customers name, email IDs and their IP address. Lated all these data were on sale on the dark web.
- He is very hardworking and has the mindset of Never Give Up.
- He had served Planetasia as the Country Head of India. Planetasia was among the first Internet services providers in India.
- Big BasketĀ choose Shah Rukh Khan as their brand ambassador.
- At present Big Basket completing 50,000 orders a day with averageĀ ā¹2500/per order.
- They acquired delivery start-up named Delyver for strengthen its delivery service. Delyverās founder has been included in team of management in Big Basket.
Contact Information
Address | Mumbai, India |
Mobile Number | 88621XXXXX |
hari**@gmail.com | |
Whatsapp Number | 88621XXXXX |
Office Phone Number / Mobile Number | Not Known |
Social Media
Facebook, Instragram, Twitter