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Manpreet SIngh
Manpreet Singh, (born 28th July 1964), is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully created and been associated with Several Business Ventures. An Aeronautical Engineering Graduate from IIT Kharagpur, he joined HCL as a Marketing Trainee from the campus in 1985. After a brief stint, he was promoted as a Senior Management Trainee, an elite cadre of Fast Track Executives in HCL, and became the President of HCL Frontline, HCL's retail and distribution arm in 1992. Manpreet then launched the Beanstalk range of Home computers in a much publicised and well received Campaign. In 1995, Manpreet was the VP of Strategic Initiatives at HCL Corporation.

The Entrepreneurial spirit in Manpreet, caused him to leave the HCL group in 1997 to start Multiple Zones India Limited (MZI), in collaboration with MZI Inc. , a Seattle based IT retailer company. Manpreet was rated that year, by DQ India, as one of the top 15 IT Professionals who would influence the IT industry. MZI started the first IT catalog in India - The PC Zone. Soon the business was migrated to the internet and www.pczoneindia.com became the first IT online store in India. In the year 2000, Manpreet sold MZI to Mail.com Inc, a NASDAQ listed company that had raised $ 125 million to build properties in Asia - www.asia.com, and www.india.com. MZI was the first acquisition of Mail.com and Manpreet became the President of India.com looking after the E commerce initiatives. In 2002, Mail.com divested India.com and Manpreet bought back MZI.

From 2002 to 2009, Manpreet was involved in several entrepreneurial startups. He started a JV with the Government of Punjab - SME Business Services Limited which was set to help Small and Medium Organisations by providing them world class Professional services at low prices. He also was a promoter in Gotocustomer.com (GTC)which was a compamy focused on providing Direct Marketing assistance and services to businesses in India. In 2006, Manpreet successfully divested majority stake in GTC to Omnicom Inc. USA and merged GTC to become the Indian part of the CPM International Group. Manpreet was appointed Executive Chairman of CPM India which he continued to hold till 2012. Meanwhile, in 2002, Manpreet alongwith GBS Bindra and Aditya Jajodia co promoted Firstandsecond.com, India's first online retail portal. Unfortunately, the business though successful could not raise venture capital and had to be shut. Manpreet also signed up with Google Inc. to provide geo coded local databases to Google but the project died a premature death due to the recession that set in in 2008.

In 2010, Manpreet alongwith his erstwhile partner, Gokul Tandan, promoted Roam1 Telecom Limited. Roam1 is engaged in developing telecom products and providing services to International Roamers. The business, since its inception has grown substantially and Roam1 has several large enterprises as their customers. In end 2013, Manpreet sold his remaining stake in CPM India. Today he is building Roam1 and also is the Strategic Advisor to SME Business Services Limited.

Manpreet is married to Sheena Singh and has 2 daughters, Ishmeet Kaur who is studying Law and the Faculty of Law, Delhi University and Sajneet kaur who is studying in Sophia College, Mumbai