Deep Kalra
Deep Kalra is an Indian businessman who is the founder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip, an Indian online travel company.
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He was born in Hyderabad and grew up in Delhi and Ahmedabad.[1]
Education and Career
He obtained his bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1990 and his MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1992.[2]
Kalra joined ABN AMRO after graduation from IIM Ahmedabad[3] where he worked for three years. He worked with AMF Bowling to set up bowling alleys in India before joining GE Capital in 1999 as VP of Business Development.[1] He started MakeMyTrip in the year 2000 after realising the possibilities of the internet while trying to sell his wife's car online.[4]Since August 2013, he functions as Group CEO.[5][6] He is one of the founders of Ashoka University[7] and is a part of its governing body. He is also a founding member of I am Gurgaon, an NGO.[8]
Recognition
He was ranked #1 in a list of most powerful digital influencers in India by KPMG in 2011.[9]
References
- "Deep Kalra: Making His Own Trip | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Deep Kalra". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "MY STARTUP IDEA: Deep Kalra on his eureka moment - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Staff, Forbes. "The Bumpy Ride for Deep Kalra's MakeMyTrip Web Operation". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "MakeMyTrip promotes Rajesh Magow as India CEO; Mohit Kabra is new CFO". Techcircle. 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Rajan Anandan Appointed The New IAMAI Chairman". Inc42 Media. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Ashoka, India's first liberal arts university, to open in August". @businessline. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Livemint (2017-03-02). "In India, we don't talk enough about giving: Deep Kalra". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Makemytrip's Deep Kalra most most(sic) powerful digital influencer". The Economic Times. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2018-04-29.