Paras Chopra
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Delhi College of Engineering |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO, Nintee |
| Known for | Co-founding Wingify[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Aakanksha Gaur |
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| Website | paraschopra.com |
Paras Chopra is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Wingify, a website testing platform. He currently serves as the CEO of Nintee. He has been listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 India and Asia in 2016.[2]
Early Life
Chopra was born on 3rd of June to a Hindu family. Paras was an avid reader from childhood and was considered good at academics. After his schooling, he opted for a biotech degree and won a gold medal.[3]
Career
Chopra started his professional journey right after graduating from Delhi College of Engineering. He joined Aspiring Minds, a global assessment company that helps organizations identify and hire talent. He worked as an R&D Engineer, where he worked on machine learning models and used artificial intelligence to design employability tests to accurately assess candidates at scale.[3]
Chopra quit his job after working for over a year to start his venture Wingify in 2010. His initial goal was to make INR 50K in his first month (or $1,000). It was his way to prove to himself that he was not a failure.[4]
Wingify
Chopra bootstrapped Wingify with his friend Sparsh Gupta (currently serving as CTO of Wingify). Gupta held a masters degree from Oxford and had previously worked in London. He handled the tech developments at Wingify, while Chopra focused on growth, sales and marketing, and future development.[3] Wingify is a B2B Software as a service company whose core feature is its software A/B testing tool "Visual Website Optimizer" (shortly known as VWO). VWO allows live testing of a website with different variables. This enables organizations to test different versions of a site and check which one performs better.
Wingify bagged global clients such as Microsoft, General Electric, Groupon, Airbnb, The Walt Disney Company, Advanced Micro Devices, and Hotels.com.[3] The company clocked $18 million in revenues in 2018. Paras stepped down as the CEO of Wingify in 2018.[5]
References
- ↑ Ajwani, Deepak (13 January 2016). "Paras Chopra: Making Websites Fly". Forbes.
- ↑ "Paras Chopra - 2016-08-16 - 2016 30 Under 30 Asia: Enterprise Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Paras Chopra: Making Websites Fly". Forbes India. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ↑ Modgil, Shweta (2017-10-09). "The Wingify Story: How Paras Chopra Outgrew His Humble Ambition Of Earning $1,000 A Month To Build A $18 Mn SaaS Startup". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ↑ Inc42, Team (2018-03-12). "Paras Chopra Of Wingify On Stepping Down As The CEO, His New Blog Inverted Passion, His Learnings As A SaaS Entrepreneur & More". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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