Quikr appoints new Head for its real estate vertical Quikr Homes

Quikr appoints new Head for its real estate vertical Quikr Homes

Industry entrepreneur Manish Sinha to lead the real estate business

Quikr, India’s No. 1 cross category classifieds business, today announced the appointment of Manish Sinha as Head of Quikr Homes, its real estate vertical.  As the Head of Quikr Homes, Manish will be responsible for growing Quikr's consumer real estate business across India, and leading strategy and growth plans for the rest of its real estate categories.

Commenting on his appointment, Pranay Chulet, Founder & CEO of Quikr said, “Over the last few years, we have seen tremendous organic growth in our real estate business due to the large amount of consumer demand our platform attracts. Launching a dedicated real estate platform for our users was the next logical step for us. Manish’s arrival is well timed with our growth strategy of going deeper in categories where we already have a leadership position and we are delighted to have him on our team. We are confident that he will lead Quikr Homes to new heights of success.”

 

Manish Kumar Sinha, Head ,
Quikr Homes

Commenting on the occasion, Manish Sinha said, “Quikr is one of India’s biggest digital brands and I am delighted to be a part of this amazing growth story.  We have an exciting journey ahead as we go deeper in real estate. We already have a leadership position and a very high level of transaction flow in the category, I look forward to working with the rest of the Quikr team to further support this transaction flow by offering our users a richer real estate experience.”

A graduate of IIT-Delhi, with an MBA from IIM-Calcutta, Manish has over 15 years of experience across management consulting and entrepreneurship. With the goal of building customer focused and technology leveraged businesses, he founded online real estate venture Favista in 2011 and also launched game and app creator Rovolt. Prior to that, he managed a business unit at WNS, a publicly listed company, and was with Capital One in the US. Manish spent the first few years of his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

About Quikr

Quikr is India’s leading cross-category classifieds platform that is used by over 30 million unique users a month. It is present in 1000 cities in India and operates in over 10 categories that include mobile phones, household goods, cars, real estate, jobs, services and education. Quikr operates across desktop, laptop and mobile phones, and allows consumers as well as small businesses to sell, buy, rent and find things across its multiple categories with great ease. Quikr’sinvestors include Warburg Pincus, Kinnevik, Tiger Global Management, Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners, Steadview Capital, Omidyar Network, EbayInc.

Visit www.quikr.com for more details.

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