HOW KUNAL SHAH BECAME A BILLIONAIRE?

Kunal Shah’s journey is one of India’s most inspiring startup success stories. When he was just 15, his father’s business failed, and Kunal Shah started doing small jobs to support his family. From studying at Wilson College to dropping out of MBA because he believed the real world was teaching him more, his path was never conventional. In 2010, Kunal Shah co-founded FreeCharge with Sandeep Tandon. He noticed that Indians were doing mobile recharges, but many were still hesitant about online payments. FreeCharge solved this by giving rewards on online recharges and helped change digital payment behavior in India. In 2015, FreeCharge was acquired by Snapdeal in a deal estimated at around $400 million. Later, Kunal Shah found another big gap: credit card users who paid bills on time were not getting rewarded. This insight led to the creation of CRED, a fintech platform that rewards creditworthy users for timely credit card bill payments. Today, CRED has millions of users, Meta is backing the company, and Kunal Shah is set to lead WhatsApp globally. Watch this video to understand Kunal Shah’s success story, FreeCharge journey, CRED business model, Meta’s investment, and how an Indian startup founder reached the top of global tech. #KunalShah #CRED #WhatsApp #Meta #FreeCharge #StartupStory #IndianEntrepreneur #BusinessCaseStudy #FintechIndia