Sumit Jain
| Sumit Jain | |
|---|---|
 Sumit Jain, co-founder and CEO of Indian real estate portal Commonfloor.com | |
| Born | 13 June 1984 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| Occupation | Co-founder and CEO Commonfloor.com |
| Home town | Khatauli |
Sumit Jain (born 13 June 1984) is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur,[1] He started online real-estate portal commonfloor.com for property seekers in 2007. Prior to that, he used to work with Oracle. As the co-founder and CEO, Sumit is responsible for driving the strategic direction for Commonfloor.com as well as delivering on company goals[2]
Early life
Born and brought up in Khatauli, a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India. Sumit's father had a shop where he sold building products, in which he spent most of his time when a child, and sometimes his father left the store under his care for days, telling him not to call him for any reason.[3]
Career
Sumit graduated as a computer engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2006. After a short spell with Oracle Server Technologies, he decided to start his own business and in 2007 he started Commonfloor.com with Lalit Mangal and Vikas Malpani.
Awards and recognition
References
- ↑ "'We want to be the Google of Indian real estate: Sumit Jain'". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sumit Jain Built an Incredible Business From Scratch".
- ↑ "His business education started at age 8...here's CommonFloor CEO's unusual story".
- ↑ "Fortune India's 40-under-40 : Groupon, Jombay, Zivame Flipkart, InMobi".
- ↑ "Dataquest presents Top 25 Indian Web 2.0 Start-ups".
- ↑ "The Brightest New Stars".
- ↑ "LinkedIn Power Profiles 2015 In India Speak The Voice of Leadership".
- ↑ "Sumit Jain awarded 'Young Achiever of the Year'".