Ghazal Alagh is an Indian businesswoman and a corporate trainer who is the co-founder of the ‘Mamaearth’ brand that deals in health, wellness and fitness products online. Ghazal Alagh is also the founder of TheDermaCo. In 2021, she appeared as one of the judges of the Indian business reality show ‘Shark Tank India.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Ghazal Alagh was born on 02 September 1988 in Gurgaon, Haryana, India to Kailash Sahni and Sunita Sahni. She has two more siblings- Chirag and Sahiba.
Her zodiac sign is Virgo and her religion is Hinduism. In 2010, She completed her degree in Bachelor’s in Computer Applications from Punjab University. in 2013, she did a Summer Intensive Course in Modern Art in Design and Applied Arts. In the same year, she did an intensive course in figurative art at the New York Academy of Art. Ghazal Alagh had wanted to be a businesswoman from childhood
JOURNEY OF MAMAEARTH
The Honasa Consumer Pvt Ltd (Mamaearth) was started by Ghazal Alagh in 2015 at Gurgaon, India. She began working as its Chief Innovation Officer.
Over the period of time, the Mamearth brand earned international customers too under the leadership of Ghazal
Alagh. Apart from India, Mamaearth often takes orders from countries including Bangladesh and Nepal.
The prominent Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra invested in Ghazal Alagh’s venture ‘Mamaearth’ in 2019. Shilpa Shetty often advertises the baby care products of Mamaearth on Indian television.
It is Asia’s 1st Brand with MADE SAFE™ Certified Products. They make sure, their products go through all the required tests and meet the safety standards that parents expect. They have a stringent set of super safe standard. They claim that “If it is unsafe, it is not meant for our baby’s world and it’s not from mamaearth”.
It is one of the Top 50 shopping sites in the country.
BUSINESS AND NET WORTH
Soon after finishing her college studies at Panjab University, Ghazal Alagh began working at NIIT Limited at Chandigarh in 2008. At NIIT, she was a trainer of software applications such as SQL, J2ME, and Oracle. A diet plan website titled Dietexpert.com was started by Ghazal Alagh in 2012 that provides a customized diet plan based on the weight, age,
lifestyle, and blood group of its customers. More than two thousand people follow this website.
In 2021, Ghazal Alagh was one of the seven judges of the Indian Business reality show ‘Shark Tank India’ telecasted on Sony Entertainment. Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal, Namita Thapar, Ashneer Grover, Anupam Mittal, and Aman Gupta were the other six judges of the show who were called the ‘Sharks.’
According to Ghazal Alagh, her business mentor is Vivek Gambhir, the CEO of boAt. She said in an interview with a media house that she admired Vivek’s balanced viewpoints towards things in the business.
Her net worth in 2022 is about $19 Million.
PERSONAL LIFE
She got married to Varun Alagh in 2011. Varun Alagh, he’s the co-founder of the Mamaearth Brand. The couple has two sons named Agastya Alagh and Ayaan Alagh.
Ghazal Alagh is an art lover. Her paintings are often exhibited nationally and internationally at various art shows. In a conversation with a media house, she stated that she was once recognized among the top ten women artists in India.
She is followed by more than 44k people on her Instagram account. She often posts her picture while travelling to different places along with her family members to keep her fans updated about her life.
FASHION
Ghazal almost always chooses to go for a formal attire like pant suits when in public events. However, her social media proves that her fashion choices are not always that rigid. She likes to dress in flowly florals when on holidays and is often seen all decked up in traditional every now and then.
Her pictures with her husband and kids also show how she prefers to coordinate pajamas with them.
Moreover, she has made her name in the sphere of business and is clearly an inspiration to many women around the country.