Nationality Indian Education Indian School of Business Organization founded Voonik | Website voonik.com Home town Pollachi | |
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Occupation Co-founder & Chief executive officer of Voonik | ||
Sujayath Ali (born 30 January 1980) is a Software Development Engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2013, he co-founded Voonik, an online marketplace for women’s fashion. He is currently the Chief executive officer of the company.
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Early life
Ali was born in Pollachi, a town in the state of Tamil Nadu. He graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Engineering from the Mepco Schlenk Engineering College before completing his MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Ali is married to a Summiah Fathima, a dentist.
Early career
Ali started his career as a Senior Software Development Engineer at iNautix Technologies in Chennai. Before co-founding Voonik, Ali was Vice President, head of Visa Checkout merchant programme at Visa Inc.. Prior to his stint at Visa, he worked for 7 years as Senior Project Manager at Amazon.com.
Ali has experience for more than a decade in Product management, E-commerce, Analytics, Cloud computing and Mobile commerce, among others.
Voonik
Voonik was started in 2013. At this time, the economy was shaky with an uncertain business outlook, however, Ali and his partner Navaneetha Krishnan had conviction in their ecommerce idea.
Ali participated in Bloomberg India’s ‘The Pitch 3.0’ along with 10 other entrepreneurs. He was declared the winner resulting in a funding worth Rs. 2.5 crores from SeedFund.