Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal, the founder duo of Flipkart have made it to the annual list of Time magazine, where they have been placed among the 100 most influential people in the world.
“This acknowledgment validates that the path we have chosen of creating a world-class Indian internet company that delivers quality products and reliable service at an affordable price to millions of families across India,” Flipkart released a statement, quoted by IANS as saying.
Time 100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the American world said, “Binny and Sachin do have modest lifestyles, by billionaire standards, but they’re also nimble tacticians and hardheaded realists, and they dream big.”
“The Bansals were included in the list under the ‘Titan’ section with company from Yuri Milner, Pope Francis, Stephen Curry, Pricilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Dwayne Johnson and others,” Flipkart added to the statement, quoted by IANS as saying.