Varun Alagh is an Entrepreneur and he is the co- founder of Mamaearth, a natural (chemical free) baby care, hair care and skincare brand.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
In 1984, Varun Alagh was born in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. There is no information regarding his parents. He was married to Ghazal Alagh who is a business women. They havd a son whose name is Agastya. His nationality is Indian. His food habit is Non-Vegetarian. His Zodiac sign is not known. His hobby is not known.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Height :- 5’7″
Weight :- Not Known
Body Measurement :- Not Known
Eye Colour :- Dark Brown
Hair Colour :- Dark Brown
EDUCATION
Varun completed his B.E. in Electrical from Delhi College of Engineering (from 2001-2005). After that, he completed his PGDBM in Finance & Marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur from 2005-2007.
CAREER
Varun interned with various big companies such as Colgate Palmolive, Havells Electric, Madura Garments, Maruti, and Nokia, while Pursuing his post-graduation. He began his career in 2007 with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Aa a Business Leadership Trainee. Every year, he was promoted to the position of Area Sales Manager (Delhi NCR) in the company. In June 2010, He was then promoted to the position of Area Sales & Customer Manager ( Delhi NCR & Rajasthan). In the company, Alagh managed a team of around 27 executivea and delivered distribution of 55000 retail outlets across Delhi & Rajasthan. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Regional Brand Manager Innovations South Asia- Deodorants in March 2011. After Working as a Regional Brand Manager for a year, He resigned from the firm in 2012. After that, he joined Diageo PLC, Mumbai, as a Sr. Brand Manager – Smirnoff. After a year, he resigned from the company. Alagh joined Coca Cola, Gurgaon, as a Brand Manager, In May 2013.
He was promoted to the position of Senior brand Manager in the firm, in April 2015. At this position, he managed the consumer marketing fir Coca Cola Products such as Coke Classic, Coke Zero, and Diet Coke across India and South West Asian Countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
In November 2016, He left the company to start up his own venture. In that year, he along with his wife founded Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd., A company that owns internet- firrst care brand Mamaearth.
Varun and Ghazal decided to launch Mamaearth’ after they found it difficult to arrange toxin-free products to their son , Agastya. They named their brand ‘Mamaearth’ and began selling baby care, hair care, and skincare products. The Indian actress Shilpa Shetty I’d it’s brand ambassador as of 2022.
Soon, Varun launched another brand names The Derma Co. Under his company Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. The Derma Co. Deals in hair care and skin products.
Varun is also a writer and had written various business articles such as 5 benefits of Starting Up on the wrong side of your 30’s Positive Friction in Business, and Goldilocks and other golden rules of motivation. The articles have been published in many business magazines. He has been featured on the covers of various famous magazines like Forbes India.
FAVOURITE THINGS
Favourite food :- Chole – Bhature
Favourite politician :- Narendra Modi
Favourite business person :- Indra Nooyi.
Favourite Destination :- Switzerland
Favourite Dessert :- Jalebi
Favourite Beverage :- Tea
Favourite Colour :- Black
