Suchi Mukherjee is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of LimeRoad, an online shopping site for women.
Wiki/Biography
Suchi Mukherjee was born on Friday, July 6, 1973, in Haryana (50 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She began her formal education at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and received a BA (Hons) in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Cambridge (1994-1996). She then went on to complete a master’s degree. London School of Finance and Political Science (LSE) Finance and Economics (1997-1998)
appearance
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
The names of her mother and father are unknown. She has a sister.
husband and children
Suchi met her future husband Sandeep Kunte (Director (Finance), Barclays Bank) in New Delhi. The couple dated for a while before getting married in 2006. The couple has two children, a daughter (elder) and a son (younger).
Suchi Mukherjee with husband and children
Relationships/Affairs
She dated husband Sandeep Quint for several years before getting married.
Profession
start of career
After completing his studies, Suchi joined Lehman Brothers in 1998 as a Senior Associate in Corporate Finance. In 2003, she moved to Virgin Media as Director of Change and Business Development. In 2005, she joined eBay Inc as head of commercial seller programs and CS. A year later, she became a director and member of Skype’s executive management team. After 3 years at Skype, she became Managing Director and General Manager of GumTree, a UK online classifieds and community site.
as an entrepreneur
Suchi co-founded LimeRoad in 2012 along with Ankush Mehra and Prashant Malik. Prashant sold his stake in the company, but Ankush Mehra remains as co-founder and director of the parent company of LimeRoad, AM Marketplaces Pvt.Ltd.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- INFOCOM Woman of the Year Award (2015)
- Women’s Super Achievement Award
- Sanmarg Aparajita Awards Pride of Bengal wins Sanmarg “You Inspire” Special Award (2017)
- NDTV Unicorn Startup Awards Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2016)
- ASSOCHAM Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2018)
Facts/Trivia
- Suchi Mukherjee became the first Indian to receive a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship in 1994 to study economics at Cambridge University. She is also a Chadburn Scholar, holding the university’s record in development economics. She was elected a fellow of the Newnham Associates of Cambridge University in 2008, and is a British Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics (LSE). Scholar).
- Suchi came up with the idea for LimeRoad a month after giving birth to her second child. As she flipped through a magazine, she realized she couldn’t buy the jewelry featured in the magazine, so a technology with a simple interface was needed to help women discover such outsourced products.
- Actress Neha Dhupia has been LimeRoad’s artistic director since 2014 and owns some shares in the company. She also withdrew her monthly salary. She became the company’s first choice due to her charisma quotient.
Advertisement shot by Neha Dhupia for LimeRoad
- In 2015, she was selected to speak at the Startup India Standup India event in New Delhi, sharing the platform with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Suchi admitted in an interview that she was not a girl but a tomboy since childhood.
- She learned to drive when she was 13 years old. While she admits it was a mistake, she knows it’s okay to make mistakes and learn from the experience.
- When she finished school, her mother wanted her to study engineering, but Suki was very interested in economics and how finance works. She said she used to read the Financial Times at home, which inspired her.
- She was the youngest professor to teach at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, where she taught development economics to third-year students for nine months.
- Suchi is a golfer and has been practicing for many years. It was a very meditative experience for her. It was her husband who introduced it to her.
- Suki revealed in an interview that she watched a lot of movies as a child because her mother wanted her to learn by watching other people’s experiences.
- Suchi makes sure to have some rituals in her life like taking a bath before going to bed regardless of the temperature. It helps her gain strength and purpose in her mind and body. She also forces LimeRoad employees to perform daily and weekly rituals.
- She believes in the power of the subconscious mind and dialogue with the soul. Therefore, she often talks to herself to facilitate her mind to solve problems, and then wakes up to find solutions.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education