Founder Profile
Mukesh Bansal
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Mukesh Bansal?
Mukesh Bansal is a founder of Myntra, which was founded in 2007 with Ashutosh Lawania and Vineet Saxena.
- Company founded
- Myntra
- Founded
- 2007
- Co-founders
- Ashutosh Lawania and Vineet Saxena
Background
Indian entrepreneur and IIT Kanpur graduate.
Founding Story
Mukesh Bansal co-founded Myntra in 2007. Originally launching the site as a platform for personalized gift items (like custom mugs), he quickly realized the massive, totally untapped potential in selling branded fashion online to Indian consumers. Under his leadership, Myntra completely dominated Indian fashion e-commerce before executing a highly strategic, massive $300 million sale to Flipkart in 2014.
Mukesh Bansal was born in 1975.
Bansal was born in September 1975. He also co-founded Cult.Fit and Meraki Labs.