Manu Kumar Jain

Manu Kumar Jain
Born (1981-01-25) 25 January 1981
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Nationality Indian
Alma mater IIT Delhi (B.Tech.)
IIM Calcutta (MBA)
Occupation Vice President, Xiaomi
Managing Director, Xiaomi India
Employer Xiaomi
Known for

Entrepreneur

Co-founder of Jabong.com

Manu Kumar Jain (born: 25 January 1981) is a leading Indian entrepreneur and the Global Vice President of Xiaomi. He is also the Managing Director of Xiaomi India.[2] Jain co-founded Jabong.com, a fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal in India and served as its Managing Director from February 2012 to January 2014.

Early life and education

Born and brought up in Meerut,[3] Jain pursued a B.Tech course in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, which he graduated in 2003. He subsequently secured an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 2007.[4]

Career

After his B.Tech from IIT Delhi,[5] Jain joined Headstrong (later acquired by Genpact) as a Software Engineer. He was employed with the company from 2003 to 2005.

Post his MBA, Jain joined McKinsey & Company in 2007. Here he worked across sectors such as sales and marketing, retail, FMCG, and automobiles as an Engagement Manager. After almost 5 years with the company, Jain went on to explore his entrepreneurial skills and co-founded Jabong in 2012.

Jabong

Jain co-founded Jabong in 2012 and took up the role of Managing Director. He is known to have grown the company from inception and establish Jabong as a leading fashion and lifestyle online retail platform. By the time Jain moved out of Jabong in 2014, the company was widely recognized as one of the leading retail portals in India.[6]

Xiaomi

Manu joined Xiaomi as the Country Manager and Managing Director of Xiaomi India in 2014.[7] He was promoted as global Vice President of Xiaomi in January 2017 after his predecessor, Hugo Barra, left the smartphone maker in 2017.[8][9] Jain is attributed as the first employee at Xiaomi India who has been instrumental in making the brand as it is known today. Xiaomi was the No. 1 smartphone brand in India with a market share of 23.50% (IDC Q3 2017). Jain is known to be a strong supporter of the Indian government’s "Make In India" campaign and has been instrumental with setting up three Xiaomi manufacturing plants (one exclusively for power banks) in India.[10]

Personal life

Jain is married and is a father. He claims to be a ‘wannabe cartoonist’ and also co-created DINK couple, a cartoon series inspired from his real life experiences.[11]

Awards and honours

Year Name Awarding Organization Ref.
2015 50 most influential young Indians GQ India [12]
2015 India's top executives under 40 Business Today [13]
2015 40 Under 40 Fortune India [14]
2016 40 Under 40 The Economic Times [15]
2016 LinkedIn Power Profiles-Technology LinkedIn [16]
2016 40 Under 40 Fortune India [17]
2017 50 Most Influential Indians Under 50 AsiaOne [18]
2017 40 Under 40 Fortune India
2017 LinkedIn Power Profiles-Technology LinkedIn [19]

References

  1. ↑ Mathur, Vishal (2014-10-11). "Manu Kumar Jain | It's all online". livemint. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. ↑ "About us". Xiaomi.
  3. ↑ Mathur, Vishal (2014-10-11). "Manu Kumar Jain | It's all online". livemint. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  4. ↑ "Xiaomi IPO: Manu Jain set to make a fortune after Chinese tech giant goes public — Quartz India". qz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. ↑ "8 things you didn't know about Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi's new VP". Gizmodo. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  6. ↑ Sangwan, Sujata. "Meet 40 Young Business Leaders Selected by BW Businessworld for Its 2nd Edition of 40 Under 40 Awards and Summit". BW Disrupt. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  7. ↑ "China's Xiaomi hires Jabong co-founder Manu Jain to head India operations".
  8. ↑ PTI (2017-02-17). "Xiaomi elevates India head Manu Kumar Jain as global vice president". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  9. ↑ "Manu Kumar Jain Is Now a Vice President at Xiaomi". NDTV Gadgets360.com. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  10. ↑ qz.com, Ananya Bhattacharya,. "As Xiaomi goes public, the man who built its Indian arm from scratch is set to make a fortune". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  11. ↑ Haritas, Bhragu. "Interview With Manu Kumar Jain, MD, Xiaomi India On The Company's Plans In India". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  12. ↑ "The 50 most influential young Indians of 2015". GQ India. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  13. ↑ "India's top executives under 40: List of 2015". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  14. ↑ "40 Under 40". Fortune India.
  15. ↑ "40 under Forty: Celebrating Young Leaders". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  16. ↑ "Technology | LinkedIn Power Profiles in India 2016". members.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  17. ↑ "40 Under 40". Fortune India.
  18. ↑ "Manu Jain awarded with 'Most Influential Indians under 50' by Asia One - Newswire - Mi Community - Xiaomi". c.mi.com. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  19. ↑ "CEOs | LinkedIn Power Profiles 2017 in India". members.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
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