About

Ankur Warikoo is a well-known serial entrepreneur, educator, content creator, author, and investor based in India. He is one of the top content creators in India and has a community of over 8 million followers across various social media platforms. Ankur is an online educator and has conducted courses on entrepreneurship, career management, and personal growth, with over 300,000 students attending his courses so far. He is also a mentor and investor to startups, where he spends time with first-time entrepreneurs and helps them avoid the same mistakes he made when he started up. Ankur is a bestselling author, with his first book "DO EPIC SHIT" hitting #1 in India on the Nielsen bestsellers list in 2021. His new book "GET EPIC SHIT DONE" released in 2022, which answers 36 life questions you need answers to, written as a conversation between a student and a teacher. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Ankur worked as a management consultant with Kearney for three years. He has an MBA degree from the Indian School of Business, where he was awarded the Young Leader Award. Ankur also has an MS degree in Physics from Michigan State University and a BS degree in Physics from Hindu College, Delhi University. Ankur co-founded his first startup, Accentium Web, in 2008, which ran websites such as Gaadi.com and Secondshaadi.com. He also launched Rocket Internet's India business and was part of the founding team of Jabong.com. Ankur founded nearbuy.com, India's No.1 Lifestyle App, in 2015, where he was its CEO until 2019. He was also the founding CEO of Groupon's India business in 2011 and acted as the Country CEO from 2011-15, and Head of Groupon APAC from 2013-15. Presently, Ankur splits his time as a content creator, online educator, and mentor/investor to startups. He is the founder of Waricrew, where he conducts courses on entrepreneurship, career management, and personal growth. Over 250,000+ students have attended these courses so far. Besides this, Ankur creates content online on personal finance, startups, careers, and education across various social media platforms. Ankur was part of Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 List for India, Forbes Top 100 Digital Creators list 2022, LinkedIn India's Top Voices for