By Monisha G Kumar Last Updated:
It was an eventful moment for businesses as three major companies, Vishal Mega Mart, MobiKwik and Sai Life Sciences, got their shares listed. It was the fintech firm, MobiKwik, that stole the show with its performance as it gave the maximum listing to the investors. The shares of the company soared by 85 per cent, rising above 500 on the BSE.
Amid the stellar performance of MobiKwik, people are fanatically searching for the name behind the multi-crore firm. It is none other than Upasana Taku, who is the brain behind the success of MobiKwik. Leading the fintech market with her business acumen, Upasana’s entrepreneurial brilliance is the reason behind Mobikwik’s success.
Upasana, along with her husband, Bipin Preet Singh, launched the Rs. 8000 crore worth firm from scratch. Let us read on to know the couple’s cute love story. Before Upasan’s love story, let us read on to know her success story.
As per multiple sources, Upasana completed her schooling in Surat before pursuing an engineering degree at the prestigious National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. After graduating with a specialisation in Industrial Engineering, she further pursued her passion by obtaining an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University in the United States.
After her impressive academics, Upasana worked at HSBC in San Diego and later joined PayPal, which exposed her to digital payment systems across America, Europe, and Asia. Despite having a settled corporate life, Upasana wanted to start something of her own. As a result, she returned to India to begin her startup.
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It was in 2008 when Upasana met Bipin Preet Singh while watching a play. They fell in love and dated for a few years. In 2009, Upasana and Bipin launched their startup MobiKwik together. After years of hard work, Upasana and Bipin have made their company one of the biggest names in the Indian fintech industry. If the reports are to be believed, Upasana’s MobiKwik is worth Rs. 8000 crores.
Upasana Taku was very focused on her career and wanted her firm to grow. She was unmarried at the age of 30. Once, in an interview with BusinessToday.in, Upasana Taku opened up about the time when she was asked about her marital status during pitch meetings. The entrepreneur revealed how she was asked to reveal and explain why she was unmarried at the age of 30.
In the same interaction, Upasana shared that despite being the co-founder of MobiKwik and as successful as Bipin, people would often confuse her as his assistant. Elaborating on the same, she said:
“I was asked questions on my marital status, why I am unmarried at 30 and how many kids I have during these pitch meetings. People would confuse me with Bipin's (Upasana's husband and Mobikwik CEO) assistant and not as a company co-founder. The new hires would question whether they have to report to me or a male manager. I have been clear in my communication from day one. I supervise various departments and the work will be monitored by me."
After dating for a few years, Upasana Taku and Bipin Preet Singh took their relationship to the next level and got married in 2011. As per the couple has no kids and are aiming to take MobiKwik to greater heights.
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