DINESH AGARWAL | BRIJESH AGARWAL
CEO & Founder, Indiamart | Co-founder& Director, Indiamart

Cousins Brijesh Agarwal and Dinesh Agarwal founded IndiaMart InterMesh in 1996 with seed money of Rs 40,000. An online B2B marketplace for business products and services, connecting buyers with suppliers, IndiaMart had close to 5.98 crore registered buyers and a catalogue of over five crore products, supplied by over 47 lakh suppliers as of FY18. Its mobile app has close to 10 million downloads to date on the Google Play Store. Under the cousins’ leadership, the company posted a consolidated profit of Rs 31.4 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2019. The 23-year-old company launched its Initial Public Offer (IPO) on June 24, 2019, to raise over Rs 474 crore.