After nearly 27 years at the helm of Info Edge—the powerhouse behind Naukri.com, 99acres and Jeevansathi—Managing Director and CEO Hitesh Oberoi has stepped down from his full-time operating role.
From braving the catastrophic dot-com crash of 2000 to building one of India’s earliest profitable homegrown internet powerhouses with a market cap topping ₹75,000 crore, Oberoi steered the ship alongside founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani through uncharted waters.
We dug into the Young Turks archives to take you back to 2008, where Oberoi spoke to Shereen Bhan about joining Naukri at the peak of the boom—and how capital discipline saved them when the bubble burst.
While dozens of dot-coms vanished overnight after spending lavishly, Info Edge stayed lean, kept ₹3 crore in the bank, and focused quietly on sales, product, and technology.
His key lesson from surviving the crash?
‘If you just stick out… and keep growing at this rate, you will become profitable.’
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