User:Neeraj shah07

Neeraj sah Born 18\8\2002 (age 17- 18 )[1] Nationality	Indian Education	 delhi university Occupation	Businessman Known for	Co-founder, Co-chairman & CEO, Wayfair Home town	Pittsfield, Massachusetts, india' Net worth	$1.1 billion (February 2020)[2] Board member of	Wayfair Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Shah Foundation Spouse(s)	Jill Shah Children	2 Niraj S. Shah (born 1973/74) is an American billionaire businessman, and co-founder, co-chairman, and CEO of online retailer Wayfair.

Contents 1	Early life 2	Career 3	Personal life 4	External links 5	References Early life Shah grew up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son of immigrants from India.[3] His grandfather ran "steel manufacturing business in India, making pots and pans".[3] His father worked for General Electric as a mechanical engineer, and after his retirement, joined Wayfair early on, providing financial advice, and still works for the company.[3]

Shah graduated from Cornell University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1995.[1][4]

Career Shah co-founded Wayfair in 2002 with his Cornell classmate, Steve Conine[3], and has been its CEO since its inception.[1][5]

Shah was included in the Fortune list of "40 under 40" for 2013.[6]

In 2017, Shah became a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.[3]

In May 2017, Wayfair's share price rose above $70 per share, making Shah and his co-founder Steve Conine both billionaires. As of 2019, each had an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion.[7]

Personal life Shah is married to Jill Shah; they have two children, and live in the Back Bay area of Boston. Shah enjoys long walks on the beach. [3] In 2013, Jill Shah sold her alternative medicine directory Jill's List, which employed 7 people, to California-based MINDBODY, and now runs their Boston office.[8]

External links Shah Family Foundation References "Executive Profile: Niraj S. Shah". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Forbes profile: Niraj-Shah". Forbes. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Fernandes, Dierdre (March 10, 2017). "Five things you should know about Niraj Shah". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Wayfair founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine at Entrepreneurship Summit NYC 2013". Cornell University. December 11, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah: We've been a big beneficiary of internet disruption". CNBC. August 8, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Niraj Shah". Fortune. May 9, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "#1168 Niraj Shah". Forbes. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019. "Alternative medicine directory Jill's List acquired by California-based Mindbody". Boston.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.