File photograph of Ambareesh Murthy of Pepper Fry
| Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT
Pepperfry Co-founder and CEO Ambareesh Murty handed away in Leh due to cardiac arrest, firm co-founder and COO Ashish Shah stated on Tuesday.
Murty, 51 years, was additionally an angel investor.
He just lately introduced finishing 12 years at Pepperfry on his LinkedIn publish.
He was an alumnus of IIT Calcutta, 1996 batch and accomplished his Bachelors in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1994.
“Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate Ambareesh Murty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones,” Pepperfry Co-Founder and COO Ashish Shah stated in a tweet.
Murty known as himself a closet sociopath on his X (previously Twitter) profile, and professed a love for historical past and studying epic fantasies.
He had 27 years of basic administration expertise in FMCG, monetary providers and web industries.
Murty began his profession with Cadbury of their gross sales and advertising and marketing division, transferring onto brief stints in ICICI Prudential, Britannia and Levi’s.
According to his profile on Linkedin, Murty ran a monetary coaching and enterprise consulting agency, Origin Resources from 2003-05 in Bangalore earlier than becoming a member of eBay as their Country Manager for India, Philippines and Malaysia the place he stayed until 2011.
Murty based omnichannel furnishings and residential decor firm Pepperfry in 2012 with Shah.
