Apoorva Mehta
Founder, Instacart
$1.14B
$12.8M (1.1%)
as of 09/27/24
About Apoorva Mehta
Apoorva Mehta is the executive chairman and founder of Instacart, a San Francisco-based grocery delivery firm most recently valued at $13 billion.
Born in India, Apoorva lived in Libya before moving to Canada, where he eventually studied engineering at the University of Waterloo.
He worked as an engineer at Blackberry, Qualcomm and Amazon before leaving his job to be an entrepreneur in 2010.
He came up with ideas for around 20 products (none worked out) before starting Instacart in 2012.
With Instacart, customers order groceries online from brick and mortar stores, then they are packed and delivered by an Instacart shopper.
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CanadaSource of wealth
Grocery delivery serviceResidence
San Francisco , CaliforniaMarital status
SingleBirth date
07/19/86 (age 38)Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of WaterlooSelf-made
self-madeApoorva Mehta’s fortune is worth
19K
troy ounces of gold
18K
median U.S. household
11K
median U.S. income
0.023%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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Before founding Instacart, Mehta tried to create a product focused on social networking for lawyers.
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