Pepperfry co-founder and CEO Ambareesh Murty suffers cardiac arrest, passes away at 51

Ambareesh Murty, co-founder of the net furnishings retailer Pepperfry, is not any extra. The Indian entrepreneur handed away because of a cardiac arrest. The information of his passing was confirmed by Ashish Shah, his co-founder at Pepperfry, in a submit on X.

The demise occurred on Tuesday, August 8, whereas the 51-year-old Murty was in Leh. Because the co-founder of Pepperfry, Murty’s legacy will proceed to be felt within the firm’s ongoing operations and progress.

“Extraordinarily devastated to tell that my pal, mentor, brother, soulmate Ambareesh Murty is not any extra. Misplaced him yesterday evening to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for energy to his household and close to ones,” Ashish Shah wrote in a submit on social media platform X on Tuesday.

Extraordinarily devastated to tell that my pal, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is not any extra. Misplaced him yesterday evening to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for energy to his household and close to ones. 🙏

— Ashish Shah (@TweetShah) August 8, 2023

Each Shah and Murty had teamed as much as discovered Pepperfry 12 years in the past, the net market shortly made its mark by providing a variety of furnishings and residential decor merchandise. The startup secured its preliminary spherical of funding in 2011 from Norwest Enterprise Companions, propelling Pepperfry into the highlight of India’s burgeoning e-commerce sector.

Immediately, the agency has established itself as a chief participant within the sector, and as of November 2021, had a valuation of about $460 million. At the moment, the agency had raised a complete of $10 million from the likes of Normal Electrical, Mukesh Sharma Household Belief and others. Murty himself spend over a decade within the enterprise panorama earlier than founding Pepperfry – his entrepreneurial journey had its origins within the mid-Nineties when he joined Cadbury as a Gross sales and Advertising skilled. He subsequently expanded his experience into the monetary sector, notably at Prudential ICICI AMC, the place he held a task in advertising and customer support. Murty’s profession path then led him by way of a quick tenure at Levi’s earlier than he based his personal enterprise, Origin Sources, aimed toward helping Indian mutual fund corporations.

It’s thus unsurprising that Ambareesh Murty’s sudden passing has despatched shockwaves by way of the enterprise group. Colleagues and business friends have already expressed their condolences, whereas tributes to the deceased got here pouring in as people shared their reminiscences with the departed. Murty’s management and imaginative and prescient have been integral to Pepperfry’s journey, which aimed to revolutionize the way in which shoppers buy furnishings and residential merchandise in India’s quickly increasing on-line market, and has carved a distinct segment for itself within the area.

So devastated to right here this. He was so completed. At all times a battery of knowledge to hear.

With these mayhems round, generally I concern for myself. A one 12 months previous son and a pre-revenue begin up. All that I’ve is promise, what if I perish premature like this.

The place to attract…

— Manoranjan Manish (@mk_manish) August 8, 2023