Who Is Amit Jain?: A new shark will be jumping into the pool. Car Dekho CEO and founder Amit Jain is replacing Ashneer Grover on Shark Tank India season 2. Know all about him.
Shark Tank India had a successful first season. The show witnessed Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal, Vineeta Singh, Ghazal Alagh, Aman Gupta and Peyush Bansal take over the panel. Along with them, joined the controversial figure Ashneer Grover, who will not be a part of Season 2 of the show. A new teaser has been launched and a new shark is all set to join the squad.
Ashneer was the founder of the fintech company BharatPe. He was removed from his job and got into a lot of controversy earlier this year for an alleged fraud. He was a hot favorite among the audience for his no-nonsense attitude but sadly, he and Ghazal won’t be coming back even as all the rest of the five sharks do. Also Read: Pathaan Teaser Unveils High-Octane Action! Shah Rukh Khan Confirms ‘Storm Coming’
Who Is Amit Jain?
Ashneer Grover and Ghazal Alagh are out and Amit Jain is in on the 2nd season of Shark Tank India. The new shark was unveiled in a promo shared by Sony Entertainment Television on Tuesday. Amit Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Car Dekho, an online portal for selling and buying used cars.
Amit is the only new entry. He is from Jaipur and studied at IIT Delhi. He worked for a while in Austin, Texas with a company and started his first startup there. He later started Car Dekho with his brother in 2007, which has turned into a ‘billion dollar company’. Also Read: SRK To Deepika: Celebs Who Have Spoken Against Unfair Gender Pay Gap
Apart from Amit Jain, there will be returning sharks Vineeta Singh of Sugar Cosmetics, Anupam Mittal of Shaadi.com, Peyush Bansal of Lenskart, Namita Thapar of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, and Aman Gupta of BoAt.
