Founder Profile
Sachin Bansal
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Background
Sachin Bansal held an incredibly rigorous, deeply elite background in advanced computer science, complex digital logistics, and massive-scale e-commerce dominance. Having successfully graduated from the incredibly prestigious IIT Delhi and operating as the fiercely respected architect of India's largest e-commerce monopoly, this intensely strategic foundation provided the exact commercial mastery required to successfully pioneer the massive Navi ecosystem.
Founding Story
Bansal co-founded Flipkart in Bengaluru as an online bookstore, pioneering Cash on Delivery (COD) in India and scaling it into the country's leading e-commerce platform before its $16B Walmart buyout. Sachin Bansal (born 5 August 1981) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Flipkart. During his over 11 year career at Flipkart, Bansal was CEO and chairman. In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. Sachin Bansal is now the managing director of Navi Group, a financial services company.