Kunal Shah (entrepreneur)
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Kunal Shah is an Indian entrepreneur, founder of CRED, founder and ex-CEO of FreeCharge. Early life Shah graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Wilson College, Mumbai He started his career as a junior programmer at a business process outsourcing startup. Shah's first startup venture was a company named Paisaback, which provided cash-back promotions for organized retailers. Kunal made a cameo appearance in the 4th episode of TVF Pitchers where he played the role of a startup event judge. Career Shah founded FreeCharge in 2010, along with Sandeep Tandon, seeing the potential of online recharging in a growing market. In April 2015, FreeCharge was acquired by Snapdeal for an estimated amount of $400 million. Shah was appointed as the new CEO of the company. Kunal also led the acquisitions of Wishberg and Preburn in 2014. Shah is an active angel investor in a number of startups such as Innov8, Spinny, Zepo, Unacademy, and Bharat Bazaar.
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