Delhivery

Delhivery
Subsidiary
Industry Courier
Founded May 2011 (May 2011) in Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Founders
  • Sahil Barua
  • Mohit Tandon
  • Bhavesh Manglani
  • Suraj Saharan
  • Kapil Bharati
Headquarters Gurgaon, India
Area served
 India
Key people
 Sahil Barua (CEO)
Products Delivery, express mail, third-party logistics
Number of employees
 15,000+[1] (2018)
Parent SSN Logistics Private Limited[2]
Website delhivery.com

Delhivery is a third-party logistics service provider, operating in over 1,200 cities in India.[3] It was founded in 2011 by Sahil Barua, Mohit Tandon, Bhavesh Manglani, Suraj Saharan and Kapil Bharati.

History

Delhivery started in May 2011. It was initially conceptualised as a hyperlocal express delivery service provider for offline stores, delivering flowers and food locally in Gurgaon for the first few months.[4] The online retailing segment was at the time expanding rapidly in India, with global investors demonstrating significant interest. Founders Barua and Tandon, who were then working as consultants with the management consulting firm Bain & Company, were intrigued by the size and potential of the industry, and decided to focus on this space.[5] In June 2011, Delhivery acquired its first e-commerce client, Urban Touch, an online fashion and beauty retailer. In August 2011, it switched to providing logistics services for e-commerce companies.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "About Delhivery". www.delhivery.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Anushree (14 July 2015). "How logistics start-ups are delivering success for the e-commerce boom". The Financial Express. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Dhanjal, Swaraj Singh (2018-05-06). "Carlyle-backed Delhivery looks to hire investment bankers for potential share sale". Mint. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  4. 1 2 Chaudhary, Deepti (11 February 2015). "Sahil Barua: Leading E-commerce logistics with Delhivery". Forbes India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Anu (2017-08-23). "Missing package? Delhivery's new software to automatically correct inaccurate addresses". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2018-05-26.

The intellectual courier, a feature in Mint on Delhivery co-founder and CEO Sahil Barua.

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