Ashneer Grover, the co-founder of BharatPe, has commented about being open and honest in his personal and professional life. Ashneer also re... Read more

Ashneer Grover, the co-founder of BharatPe, has commented about being open and honest in his personal and professional life. Ashneer also remarked in a new interview that if he were Shah Rukh Khan, he would have been invited on the business reality show Shark Tank India.Entrepreneurs present their company ideas to a panel of sharks,' who provide their funding and assistance in exchange for stock in Shark Tank India. The show ran on Sony Entertainment Television on weekdays for more than two months. Ashneer was one of the sharks on the show's inaugural season, which finished on February 4th.Ashneer praised his father for being truthful. ", he explained "I was in an industry where if you lie to yourself for even a week, the competition would catch up with you and destroy you. As a result, I had to be brutally honest with myself in order to keep my staff and investors honest. More importantly, I need to be honest with myself because the market will kill you. Whatever firms I've built in the previous four years have all been multibillion-dollar enterprises, and it's only been possible because you're honest with yourself and with all of your stakeholders."What is the recent trouble that brought Ashneer on the news?Ashneer was recently involved in a row with the BharatPe board of directors on charges of using harsh language against Kotak Mahindra Bank employees and engaging in fraudulent acts. According to an audiotape that leaked on social media, Ashneer threatened an employee for losing out on share allotment during FSN E-Commerce Ventures' first public offering, which owns the online fashion and wellness brand Nykaa. According to the news agency PTI, Ashneer has been placed on leave for three months. According to reports, he claimed that the company's investors forced him to take a leave of absence.Please Note: The information was last updated on 22/02/2022

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