Kavin Bharti Mittal is the founder and CEO of Hike, the company behind the unicorn Hike Messenger and the Rush Gaming Universe (RGU), a mobile gaming application. He is the son of billionaire businessman Sunil Bharti Mittal.
About Kavin Bharti Mittal’s family
Sunil Bharti Mittal married Nyna Mittal, a philanthropist who focuses on education. The couple has one daughter and two sons, who are twins. The daughter, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha is a lifestyle investor and she lives in London with her husband, businessman Sharan Pasricha, and their two children. Shravin Bharti Mittal is the founder and CEO of Unbound and a director of Bharti Global Ltd.
Kavin Mittal was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017. In 2016, he was also a part of the 35 under 35 Entrepreneur magazine list.
Kavin Bharti Mittal’s education
Kavin Bharti Mittal went to the University of York for his graduation in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. He completed his Master’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Management from the Imperial College London.
Kavin Bharti Mittal’s career
Kavin Bharti Mittal began his career as an intern with McLaren Racing, Google, and Goldman Sachs while studying at Imperial College London. For the unversed, at McLaren Racing, Kavin Bharti Mittal worked with the Formula1 team.
After coming back to India, Kavin Bharti Mittal founded Hike in 2012. From 2012 to 2018, Hike built the Hike Messenger SuperApp. Hike managed to reach more than 30 million monthly active users and it raised over $250 million in capital from investors such as Tiger Global, Tencent, SoftBank, and Foxconn.
In 2019, Hike decided to shut down the app.
Mittal family’s net worth
As per Forbes, Sunil Bharti Mittal has an estimated net worth of $16.8 billion.
