Peyush Bansal

Peyush Bansal (born 26 April 1985) is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and angel investor.[2] He is the co-founder and CEO of Lenskart, an Indian multinational eyewear retail chain, based in Gurugram. He is also a "shark" in the show Shark Tank India.[3][4]

Early life and education

He was born into the Hindu Bansal family of Bal Kishan and Kiran Bansal.[5] He went to the United States for a job at Microsoft but later quit to start his own business. Then he started a new venture, selling eyewear online in the USA. He studied at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.[6]

Career

In 2007, he came back to India and started SearchMyCampus.com, a classifieds website for college students.[7] As the website reached 20 employees, in June 2008, he registered a company called Valyoo Technologies in his parents' house in Greater Kailash, Delhi.[8] In 2009, he started another online venture named Flyrr, which was scrapped in November 2010.[9]

In 2010, under Valyoo Technologies, he began an eyewear retail website named Lenskart along with co-founder Amit Chaudhary.[10] In 2011, they were joined by Sumeet Kapahi, who was working for another eyewear brand.[11][12] After Lenskart, he started three more e-commerce ventures under Valyoo Technologies called WatchKart, JewelsKart and BagsKart, but shut down the latter three to focus on eyewear.[13][14][15]

In late 2025, he led Lenskart's IPO, which was a significant event, raising over ₹7,200 crores with strong investor demand.[16]

Television

Bansal is one of the major investors/judges on the business reality show Shark Tank India.

In 2022, Bansal along with the other Shark Tank India judges appeared as a VIP contestant in Kaun Banega Crorepati.[17] He also appeared as a guest on The Kapil Sharma Show together with other Shark Tank India judges.[18][19]

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