Peyush Bansal, the mastermind behind Lenskart, is a successful Indian businessman and is one of the leading sellers in the eyewear industry. Well, Peyush is a very famous Indian entrepreneur who gained popularity when he judged Shark Tank India, a well-known Television show. If you want to know about him in detail then this blog will surely cater to you in every aspect and expectations of yours. In this biography blog, we will unfold the details regarding him including Peyush Bansal Net Worth, Age, Wife, and more. 

Peyush Bansal Biography

Peyush Bansal is indeed an Indian entrepreneur and business executive. He is the co-founder and CEO of Lenskart, a company that has completely transformed the buying of eyewear. This giant optical eyewear retail chain is based in Gurugram. He was pulled towards popularity when he judged Shark Tank India, as one of the most appreciated shows in the country.

He was born on 26 April 1985 to a Hindu Bansal family in New Delhi, India. The day he was born was Friday. He has a Taurus Zodiac Sign as he was born in April Month. He holds Indian citizenship and has an Indian ethnicity as well.

Real Name	Peyush Bansal
Profession	Businessman & Entrepreneur
Popular For	Being the Co-Founder & CEO of Lenskart
Date of Birth	26 April 1985 (Friday)
Age	39 years (as of 2025)
Birthplace	New Delhi, India
Religion	Hindu
Ethnicity	Indian
Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Citizenship	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
Current Address	New Delhi, India

Peyush Bansal Age

Peyush is a 39-year-old successful business as of January 2025.

Physical Attributes

Peyush Bansal’s height is 5 feet 8 inches, which equals 173 centimetres. His body weight is around 75 kg. To maintain his body weight, he takes a proper diet for his body that keeps them fit. His body measurements are 42-36-14. His eye colour is Black, and his hair colour is also Black.

Talking about Peyush’s fitness, he likes staying fit, so whenever the time comes his way, he manages to do light exercises and jogging, so that he can keep his health good. Besides that, he also manages his diet routine and always tries to eat only those food items that are of true nature.

Height	5 feet 8 inches
Weight	75 kg
Body Measurement	42-36-14
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Body Complexion	Fair

Peyush Bansal Net Worth

Talking about the net worth of the overall Peyush Bansal, it is about $80 million. He is the owner of Lenskart company, through which he has earned popularity selling glasses online. Besides this, he also invested in the employee engagement platform at Feedo and dailyobjects.com, which is a lifestyle brand. The valuation of the company soared to $4.5 Billion which makes Lenskart one of the leading companies in the eyewear industry.

Car Collections

He has several luxury cars such as BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Land Rover. 

Venture Capitalist	Funding Amount
ADIA	Rs.4,100 crore
DSP Mutual Fund	Rs.320 crore
Ravi Modi Family Trust	Rs.100 crore
Avendus Capital, Temasek Holdings	Rs.220 crore
Alpha Wave Incubation, Epiq Capital	Rs.760 crore
Alpha Wave Global, Temasek Holdings	Rs.1,650 crore
SoftBank Vision Fund	Rs.2,255 crore
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts	Rs.779 crore
Kedaara Capital	Rs.451 crore

Early Life and Education

Peyush has graduated from Canada with an electrical engineering degree from McGill University. After this, he began working at Microsoft following his graduation. Apparently, he respects Bill Gates with his heart. Indeed, he had childhood dreams of working for his business. As he was working at Microsoft, concepts developed in him that enhanced his experience. Later in 2007, he decided to leave the job and return to his motherland. Between 2007 and 2009, he served in one of the biggest and most successful organizations in India. Moreover, he was also awarded a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Career Timeline

He had a business itch and that is the reason he quit his highly paid job at Microsoft. Hence, he came in contact with many professionals so that he could begin his company to start companies fulfilling various demands. He started the first website of the project, searchmycamous.com, in January 2008. In the above business venture, he started investing his capital amount of 25 lakh rupees. Then he began reaching out to the students of Delhi University.

Besides that, he also started working while doing his post-graduation. The websites addressed all the problems including housing, internships, part-time jobs, and many more. Well along, he identified the problem that companies were ignoring the optical sector. It certainly motivated him to make extra efforts and address larger issues.

Keeping this in mind, he started Flyrr.com in the United States. There he was highly successful and chose to expand his business and wanted to expand business in India. Therefore, he launched his business in India in 2010. Thus, he began Lenskart along with Amit Chaudhary and Sumeet Kapahi. In the early days, they sold contact lenses on prescription.

After that, they began selling eyeglasses in 2011 and sunglasses as well. He was recently interviewed, so he wants to offer vision correction aid to every individual in India. Second, he wants to do around 15000 eye exams every day. With the brand called Lenskart, they offer eyewear at affordable prices, fashionable, and of high quality. At present, they have an employee more than 6000 thousand. It also expanded operations to over 1400 locations. Its valuation is at $4.5 billion. It was placed on the list of unicorns in 2019.

5 Businesses Piyush Bansal Started Before Lenskart Became Successful

Lenskart

Peyush Bansal one of the co-founders of Lenskart and judge on Shark Tank India. In an episode of the show, he revealed that Lenskart wasn’t his first project.

SearchMyCampus

In December 2007, Peyush Bansal started his business journey by starting a start-up named SearchMyCampus. He funded at a cost of Rs.25,00,000. He started the online portal from his parent’s basement to help college students solve everyday problems related to jobs, accommodation, coaching, books, and transport.

Flyrr

In June 2009, Peyush Bansal started an online eyewear shop selling spectacles, sunglasses, and contact lenses targeting the US market. He soon realized that operations needed internal control over both operations and delivery. This information gave him idea of opening of Lenskart in November 2010.

Watchkar

Peyush Bansal founded Bagskart in August 2011, as another niche portal under Valyoo Technologies. Bagskart dealt with an array of handbags.

JewelsKart

With Lenskart, Watchkart, and Bagskart running, Peyush Bansal also extended his business with JewelsKart in the area of specialization for jewellery.

In fact, despite the phenomenal 200% growth of Lenskart till 2014, Peyush Bansal still had his struggles. Due to poor purchases and financial losses in 2015, he strategically closed down Watchkart, Bagskart, and Jewelskart, which really helped him to focus on Lenskart into the influencer brand it is today.

Peyush Bansal Family (Parents, Wife and Children)

Parents

The name of Peyush’s father is Bal Kishan Bansal and his mother’s name is Kiran Bansal.

Siblings

He has two siblings one brother and one sister. The name of his brother is not known in the public domain but his sister’s name is Neha Bansal.

Wife

He had been dating Nidhi Mittal and got married to her on 12 June 2011. Since then, they have been loving each other passionately which makes their bond strong.

Children

The couple welcomed their son Nivan who lives a very happy life with his family.

Controversies

In one of the episodes of Shark Tank India, he commented to stay away from chartered accountants, or CAs. He did it just in jest but offended some of the viewers, mostly belonging to the CA community. When he realized the potential harm, Peyush was quick to issue an apology that he said in a joke.

Social Media Handles

Social Media Handle	Profile / Followers
Instagram	@peyushbansal (912k+ followers)
Twitter	@peyushbansal (186.1k+ followers)
LinkedIn	@peyushbansal (897k+ followers)
Wikipedia	Peyush Bansal

Final Words

To sum up, Peyush Bansal from his early life to his Lenskart journey is a testament to his talent and willpower. There is no doubt that he has worked very hard to make his business popular and prosperous. By knowing the loophole in the eyewear industry, he has been able to reach people’s needs with his inventive attitude. Whether it is his Lenskart business or an integral part of Shark Tank India, he continues to motivate the then generation of industrialists.

Some Lesser Known Facts

• He grew up in a middle-class family in Delhi and became a co-founder and CEO of Lenskart.
• Once he completed his graduation, he started working as a program manager at Microsoft in Washington in 2007. In this company, he worked for around one year, and after that resigned from his position and returned to India.
• He wanted to open his own company in India and for this reason, he started looking for business ideas.
• Apart from Lenskart, he also launched several start-ups including watchkart, bagskart, jewelskart, Flyrr, and SearchMyCampus.
• Lenskart became a unicorn with an asset of $1.5 billion in 2019.
• Bansal loves to travel and watch films in his leisure time.
• The brand ambassador of Lenskart was Katrina Kaif who is a Bollywood actress.
• He was often spotted smoking cigarettes and consuming alcohol on several occasions.

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