Tarun Poddar’s speculations in Shark Tank India’s Next Season as youngest Judge with Oyo Founder Ritesh Aggarwal.
New Delhi : The popular business reality TV series, Shark Tank India, is gearing up for its Next season, and it is introducing a fresh face to the panel. Tarun Poddar, the founder and CEO of Foxhog Ventures, has been announced to join Shark Tank India Upcoming Season making him the hottest and youngest member on the panel along with 29 Years old Oyo Founder Ritesh Aggarwal.
Here’s all you need to know about the 29-yr-old Shark – Tarun Poddar.
Tarun took to social media to share his experience on the spatulation pf joining the reality show panel. He wrote, “@sharktankindia made the dram possible for small town start-ups, it is immense honour to be a small part of it where my contribution can also be recognized .
On Tarun’s Entrepreneurial journey
Tarun had started his journey from a lower middle class family in 2013 as a salesman, Let’s take a look back to his lower coaster ride.
1994 : Born in a Lower Middle Class Family
2010 : Completed Matriculation, Started working with his uncle at a Vodafone store to pay his own Expenses.
2012 : Completed Senior Secondary, ( While working at a dry-cleaning shop )
2013 : Worked at Fruit Shops, as a sim vendor, as Vegetable vendor, as a waiter in hotel and as a house cleaner.
2015 : Completed Bsc from Keshav College , University of Delhi, also worked at his Mother’s NGO. Shakuntala Foundation.
2015 : Moved to Bangalore, Worked in Call Centre, qualified for Stanford Examination, Canara Bank Financed the Education along with Swastik Finance, struggled to complete MBA
2017 : Completed MBA at Stanford, Landed to Boeing, secured his 1st Corporate Job.
2018 : Joined Apple Singapore as Process Head , Itunes
2018 : Ditched by her Girlfriend , Went to depression as the greatest downfall
2019 : Lost Job in Apple, because apple has shut down the Itunes Operations, joined Sequoia Capital as Consultant for 3 Months
The Rise
2020 : Founded Foxhog Ventures Corp. in USA and Introduced in India in March 2020
2020-2021 : Foxhog Closed FY 96.24 Crores, gained trust from Investors to invest in Indian market
2021-2022 : Awarded as the Best Employer to work for, ET Awards, Best Startup to watchout
2022 : Secured under the list of 30 Under 30 Millionaire NBFC Licence and emerged as Leading Banker, operating more than 1500 CSPs and 23 Branches in 6 countries
2022 : Roka ( Engagement Broken with his Fiancée because of Property Dispute ) Went to depression but he walked away again, Authored the Novel “ Accidental Marriage- driven by pain “.
2022-2023 : Foxhog FY Closed $ 104 MN Global, Filed IPO in India , Tarun Announced as Shark Tank India’s Youngest Judge.
In a span of 4 years, Foxhog became one of the top Investment Bank and VC and an emerging banker in Country, Foxhog is under top 100 Investment Banker of USA as per TIMES with an approximate valuation of more than Rs 150 crore, according to a 2023 reported by Business Standard . He founded this at the age of 26 and is touted to be one of the Top youngest self-made Millionaire of India.
