Falguni Nayar
Founder and CEO, FSN E-commerce Ventures (Nykaa)
Jury Member
Falguni Nayar is the founder, Executive Chairperson & Managing Director, and Chief Executive Officer of Nykaa. She holds a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has over 26 years of experience in e-commerce, investment banking and broking. Prior to founding Nykaa, she was associated with Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited for 18 years where she also served as a managing director.
She has also served on the boards of various companies, including Tata Motors Limited and Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited. Presently, she serves as an independent on the boards of various companies including, Kotak Securities Limited, ACC Limited and Dabur India Limited.
She has won many awards, including ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ at the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence, 2019. She was listed as one of Asia’s Power Businesswomen, 2019 by Forbes Asia and named as ‘Business Person of the Year’, 2019 by Vogue India.
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