Puneet Gupta is the founder and CEO of Astrotalk, an astrology prediction app. He is also a TEDx speaker.
Wiki/Biography
Punit Gupta was born in Punjab, India. On May 10, he celebrated his birthday. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He completed his primary education in 2005 from St. Xavier’s High School, Bathinda. He completed his non-medical high school education from SSD Sen. Sec. In 2007, he studied at Bathinda Public School. He received his bachelor’s degree in technology and engineering from PEC Technological University, Chandigarh in 2011.
Punit Gupta childhood photos
Punit Gupta, 2013
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
In a TED talk, he revealed that he belongs to a lower-middle-class family in Punjab and that his grandfather was an Ayurvedic doctor and was very famous in his hometown.
I come from a lower-middle-class family and received my Bachelor of Technology degree in 2011 from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. We have a joint family. I left Mumbai in November 2013 after receiving the notice. I moved to my hometown (Bathinda, Punjab, India) to start the Ayurveda business with my grandfather as he used to practice medicine and cured many patients of appendicitis, hepatitis, stones, hemorrhoids, ETC. “
Parents and siblings
Puneet Gupta’s father was a shopkeeper. He owns a wholesale bed sheet shop Ganpati Handloom, Bathinda. His mother Prabha Rani works in Punjab and Sindh Bank. He has a brother named Kamal Gupta who helps his father in business.
Puneet Gupta’s father, mother Prabha Rani and brother Kamal Gupta
wife and children
On July 3, 2021, he married Deepika Tomar.
Puneet Gupta and wife Deepika Tomar on their wedding day
Punit Gupta and wife Deepika Tomar
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
sign
Profession
Nomura Services India Pvt.Ltd.
In June 2011, through campus internship, he joined Nomura Services India Pvt. He worked as an analyst at Japan Investment Bank Limited in Mumbai with a salary of INR 37,000. He worked there for two years, had an extended probation period and resigned in November 2013. Prior to this, he was an intern at Philips India. After the expiration of notice period at Nomura Services India Pvt. Ltd., he left Mumbai and moved to his hometown of Bathinda in Punjab. Over the next six months, he depleted his savings and went bankrupt. Meanwhile, he applied to Flipkart but they rejected him as he was not from IIT.
Puneet Gupta works at Nomura Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai)
career interruption
In November 2013, he returned to Bathinda and took a seven-month break from his career.
Startup project in Mumbai
In May 2014, Puneet Gupta was approached by a Mumbai-based startup to work with them on a month-long project. He returned to Mumbai with INR 17,000 and spent INR 11,000 on a flight to Mumbai. In a TED talk, he revealed that in order to survive in Mumbai for 6,000 Indian rupees for a month, he ate cheap food with laborers and even slept on the floor, saying:
Finally, a startup asked me to complete a project in a month, and their budget was half my salary. I agreed and joined them because I thought I would get a regular job that month. The startup required me to fly over and be reimbursed after joining, but when I joined they said it would take 15 days to approve, so it would be credited to my salary after a month. When I left home I had 17k in my account and spent 11k on the plane. There is no way I can survive in Mumbai with 6k. So, I decided to eat cheap food and find a cheap place to live. All my friends had left Mumbai by then and I had no place to share a flat. But one of the guys asked me to stay at his friend’s house, and when I went there I found that there were too many people in the apartment and there was no extra bedding. I slept on the floor of that apartment for several days. For breakfast I drank coffee with half a cup of sugar so I wouldn’t feel hungry. For lunch I found a great place that used to be where workers ate, they served 5 puris with unlimited vegetables and salad for 15 rupees. For dinner, I have raw bread and milk. “
BNP Paribas India Solutions Private Limited
After completing this project, he joined BNP Paribas India Solutions Private Limited in Mumbai in June 2014 as a Software Developer. He worked there for 10 months before resigning in March 2015.
CodeYeti Software Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
In April 2015, he became the co-founder and CEO of CodeYeti Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Noida. In September 2017, the company fired him.
star language
In October 2017, he founded the astrological prediction app AstroTalk. The app became the market leader in terms of revenue within two years. After the COVID-19 outbreak, the app’s revenue increased to INR 23 Cr. In an interview, Puneet Gupta revealed the revenue of the app and his belief in the astrology behind which it was generated, saying:
I started this company after some astrologers predicted something about me very accurately and then I thought of bringing this science to the masses. Post COVID-19 crisis, our daily income has increased to INR 23 Cr as people are worried about their job security, relationship status and mental conflicts are also increasing. Total mobile app installs to date are 4.1 million, and our repeat customer rate of 13 customers per year is the highest in any industry. ”
Puneet Gupta (first from left) and his Astrotalk team
In March 2017, he launched another app called Beaume along with MaskChat. Puneet Gupta also gave a TED talk on his success and life lessons.
Puneet Gupta gives a TED talk at Pari Chowk, Noida
car collection
- Land Rover Range Rover
Puneet Gupta with his Hundai i10 and Range Rover
Facts/Trivia
- In his first job, a senior colleague had offered to help Punit with his astrological predictions. Puneet tried astrology, although he was never a believer in it. She predicted Puneet might resign, but she also expected his startup to shut down in April 2017 due to the departure of partners. She added that he should not worry as he will start something new in 2017-18 and will be a huge success. Punit eventually announced his resignation, even though he believed her prediction would not come true. He did have a successful startup, but as fate would have it, his partner left him in March 2017.
In 2015, before I quit my job to start an IT services company, a fellow astrologer forced me to make a prediction. I didn’t ask for it, and I teased her, but she told me what the next four years would be like. She had predicted that my firm would do well for two years but then start to decline when my partners left. As she said, the company is doing very well and our team size is 45 people. Additionally, my partner left me in March 2017, business declined, and then the company closed at the end of 2017. This is outrageous and this was a surprise to me as I always thought astrologers only had a pet line of dialogue, “You don’t get as much as you put in” and this is true for everyone. But that colleague predicted something true. That’s when I got the idea to start getting into astrology and recruit astrologers like her who could really help people. Today, we have been in business for 3 years and are valued at over $150 million. “
- In 2007, he secured All India Rank (AIR) 2968 in IIT-JEE examination and AIR 2191 in AIEEE examination.
- After being fired from CodeYeti Software Solutions Pvt. In 2017, while working in Noida, he revealed in a TED Talk that he suffered from depression.
- Puneet Gupta loves cricket and his hobbies include playing cricket.
Punit Gupta plays cricket
- Puneet Gupta loves cats and has a pet cat.
Punit Gupta and his pet cat
- In 2009-10, Puneet Gupta served as class representative and student union member at PEC Technological University, Chandigarh.
- In 2022, Astrotalk generated revenue of over INR 1 Crore per day without raising any external funding. Astrotalk’s one-day revenue exceeds the revenue of several Indian unicorn startups.
- Punit Gupta promises Astrotalk users if India wins 2023 India vs Australia ODI World Cup final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 18 November 2023 Distribution of INR 10 Crores.
When India wins the World Cup on Sunday, Astrotalk will distribute a total of Rs 💸💸 💸💸💸 in the Astrotalk wallets of our customers. Distribute equally to everyone!
Let us cheer for India.
India ahhh! India! 👏👏👏
— Puneet Gupta (@iPuneetGupta) November 18, 2023
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