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Pepperfry co-founder Ambareesh Murty died on Monday night due to cardiac arrest, company co-founder and COO Ashish Shah said on Tuesday.
Murty passed away due to cardiac arrest in Leh.
Shah in a tweet wrote, “Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate Ambareesh Murty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones.”
Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones. 🙏
— Ashish Shah (@TweetShah) August 8, 2023
Murty started his career in the business world in June 1996 when he joined Cadbury as a Sales and Marketing professional. After working with the renowned chocolate manufacturer for five and a half years, Murty entered the financial sector, and joined Prudential ICICI AMC (now ICICI Prudential) as VP Marketing and Customer Service, and worked there for nearly two years.
After that, he worked with Levi’s briefly, for five months, and them started his own venture, Origin Resources, which according to Murty, “helped train financial advisors and channel intermediaries, and help set up advisor networks by providing turnkey advisor acquisition, training, and empanelment solutions to Indian Mutual Funds.”
He closed the start-up in 2005, and then joined Britannia as a marketing manager. After working with Britannia for seven months, Murty joined eBay India, where he was the country manager for the Philippines, Malaysia, and India.
In June 2011, Murty started Pepperfry — an online marketplace for selling home furniture and more — along with Ashish Shah.
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