Aman Gupta is the person making us float on! Rock out with your prop out! He is the co-founder and CMO at boAt. The boAt is a consumer electronics brand based in India that focuses on audio technology head wares.
Aman Gupta studied for a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in general management and marketing from Kellogg School of Management in 2011. His graduate business education also took place at the Indian School of Business.
Gupta is also a Chartered accountant, which he completed at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1999-2002, where he specialized in accounting and finance.
Prior to co-founding Imagine Marketing Services(boat), he was the director of sales at Harman International, where he oversaw a portfolio of electronics brands including JBL, Harman Kardon, and AKG that Harman International distributes in India.
Gupta’s first entrepreneurial experience was as co-founder and CEO of Advanced Telemedia Pvt Ltd, which helped launch global brands such as Beat Audio, Sennheiser, and Telex in the Indian market.
He partnered with Sameer Mehta to start boAt. In an interview, he revealed that when he started the company, his partner and he used to work in a cafe in New Delhi. He also stated that before they emerged in the market, there were already 200 brands that made earwear. He also added that they kept in mind the needs and demands of the youngsters while they were making the products.
In 2021, he appears like a shark on the show “Shark Tank India”. He said in an interview that he used to watch many episodes of the American show Shark Tank when he started his company.
In 2019, he won the Businessworld Young Entrepreneur Award. In the same year, he was also on the list of Entrepreneur India Tech 25 Class.
In 2020, he was the winner of Super 30 CMO’S. He also won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He was also on the list of 40 under 40 Achievers by Businessworld. In 2020 and 2021, his brand boat became the World’s Top 5 Wearable Brand. In 2021, he was on the list of the 40 under 40 lists of the Economic Times. In 2021, he also won the Lokmart Most Stylish Entrepreneur of the Year. Adios Amigos. Keep plugging into nirvana and keep your soul happy by listening to the noise within boAt.
