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Abhay Singhal is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and President of InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile advertising platform.

Personal life
Singhal grew up in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh in India. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in B-Tech and Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) in 2001. There he met Naveen Tewari and Amit Gupta who would later go on to be co-founders of InMobi, along with Mohit Saxena.

In 2013, Singhal was honored with the esteemed ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ from IIT Kanpur for his excellence in entrepreneurship.

Career
An entrepreneur at heart, Singhal began his career in e-learning and building holistic online learning curriculums for colleges. During his undergraduate years, Singhal co-founded TeN in 2001 and raised VC money shortly after. He headed sales at TeN and contributed to a significant revenue growth under him.

In 2007, Singhal launched InMobi inside a shared apartment with Naveen Tewari, Amit Gupta and Mohit Saxena after moving to Mumbai. They were called the 'Boys with the PowerPoint'. They started their first business mKhoj, an SMS search engine which failed shortly so they pivoted their business to a mobile advertising and technology platform and InMobi was formed. They moved their base to Bangalore to be in the Indian hub of talent and technology.

In 2011, InMobi became the first Indian private tech startup to be valued at over $1 billion and the first unicorn in India. At the end of 2016, InMobi was the second billion-dollar startup to achieve profitability, with forecasts to continue this streak into 2017 and beyond. Singhal spent two years in London in 2012 to build the European business for InMobi serving as the managing director for EMEA and the Vice President of Global Ad Sales.

Today, Singhal is the President at InMobi based out of San Francisco, California. Recognized by Fast Company as one of the 2018 Most Innovative Companies, InMobi reaches over 1.5 billion unique mobile devices worldwide, and has raised more than $250 million in funding from their key investors SoftBank, KPCB and Sherpalo.

Singhal has spoken globally about entrepreneurship, people and culture. He has also been instrumental in getting InMobi industry recognitions, including Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2016 and in 2018, ‘Outstanding Startup of the Year’ award by Forbes in 2014 , MIT Technology ‘Review’s 50 Most Disruptive Companies in the World’ in 2013 and many more.

Awards and Recognition
1. ‘Excellence in Entrepreneurship’ in 2013 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 2. ‘Outstanding Start Up’ in 2014 by Forbes India Leadership Awards 3. ‘Pathbreaker of the Year’ in 2014 by Cyber Media ICT Awards