About

Kumar Poras is an MBA candidate at WHU and a seasoned entrepreneur with over 8 years of experience in building businesses within the startup ecosystem. He has a strong track record of excelling in the real estate and food industries, having successfully led teams at Burger Singh, LimeTray Dubai, and Baatna. Poras is currently leading the sales and account management team for the industrial warehousing segment of the Sharma Group, which has built over 2 million sqft of warehousing space over the last 3 decades, catering to over 40 multinational companies. His team delivers a recurring monthly top line of $3.4M, ensuring a 100% client retention and renewal in the last commercial year. Poras has a strong background in business development, technology, and growth, and has worked with a diverse range of clients, including Volkswagen, Ford, DP Schenker, LG, Samsung, and Grofers. He is a technology enthusiast and has experience in product management, backend technology products, and web development. Poras has a talent for identifying growth opportunities and has successfully led the expansion of several businesses, including Burger Singh and Baatna, where he launched 3 Indian cities and 2 outlets in London. Poras is a visionary and initiative-oriented person who is characterized as decisive and interpersonal. He has a talent for motivating and leading teams, having led a team of 30+ employees at LimeTray and a core team of smart individuals from Zomato, Adobe, and IIM Ahmedabad alums to build an innovative application enabling peer-to-peer request networks. Poras is also an accomplished educator, having supervised product management and strategy, brand strategy, community launches, HR, and business development. Poras holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from NSIT and has completed a one-week international module in MBA from Northwestern University. He is skilled in P2P, product management, Android, research science, backend, and web development. Poras is an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader with a proven track record of success.