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Ankush Sachdeva

Co-founder & CEO, ShareChat · India

Ankush Sachdeva is the CEO of ShareChat. Sachdeva is based in India. Sachdeva has held the role since 2015.

Ankush Sachdeva is an IIT Kanpur graduate who co-founded ShareChat in 2015 with two classmates. He initially served as Chief Product Officer before becoming CEO in November 2017, leading the platform to over 325 million monthly active users across 15 Indian languages.

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Recent coverage has focused on ShareChat's trajectory toward going public, with multiple reports indicating the company eyes an initial public offering within 12–18 months, alongside achievement of cash-flow positivity. Additional coverage has highlighted Sachdeva's entrepreneurial journey and the platform's positioning as a social media service designed to serve users across India beyond major metropolitan areas, with emphasis on leveraging homegrown artificial intelligence capabilities.

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Ankush Sachdeva is the Co-founder & CEO of ShareChat, based in India.
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Ankush Sachdeva is CEO of ShareChat, a role held since 2015.