Indian businessman
Vishal Gondal
Vishal Gondal at Ra.One Press Conference in October 2011
Born (1976-07-14 ) 14 July 1976 (age 48) Alma mater Mumbai University Occupations
Entrepreneur
Venture Capitalist Title CEO GOQii , Ex CEO Indiagames
Vishal Gondal (Hindi : विशाल गोंडल ) (born 14 July 1976) is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor .[ 1] GOQii (pronounced Go-Key).
Gondal founded the game development and publishing company Indiagames , which he sold to DisneyUTV Digital,a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India , in 2011.
He briefly served as the Managing Director of Digital division of The Walt Disney Company India from September 2012 to June 2013.[ 2]
On 4 September 2020, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced the planned release of FAU-G [ 3] [ 4]
History
Indiagames
In 1999, Gondal founded Indiagames , a video game development and publishing company.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Indiagames was making an approximate profit of $400,000 on revenues of $11 million.[ 7]
Other activities
In 2008, Gondal launched Sweat and Blood Venture group to invest in startups at a seed level.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
In August 2012, The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd. restructured its digital assets under a new division, DisneyUTV Digital , with Vishal Gondal as its managing director.[ 11]
In March 2014, Gondal launched GOQii , a fitness technology company based in Menlo Park, California .[ 12] [ 13]
Gondal has presented at the INK Conferences in Mumbai.[ 14]
Awards
In 2001, Top 40 Indian Entrepreneurs by Business Today .
In 2005, Mobile Entertainment magazine listed Gondal as listed as one of the top 50 executives in the mobile content space.[ 15]
In 2005, Indiagames was listed by Red Herring among Asia's Top 100 companies.[ 16]
In 2012, techcircle.in included Gondal in a list of the top 25 powerful people in Indian digital business.[ 17]
In 2019, "Entrepreneur Magazine " awarded Gondal Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[ 18]
See also
References
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