Co-founder and CEO at gogoBus
Amit Gupta is the Co-founder and CEO of gogoBus. He looks after a plethora of roles in the company which includes investor relations, business development, strategy as well as new product development.
As a generalist, with more than 20 years of experience in Strategic & Commercial Intelligence, Operations and Enterprise Sales, Amit has worked at leadership positions in various reputed organisations like KPMG, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, TransCare Logistics etc.
In his previous stint, he built the B2B vertical of Shuttl (an intracity office commute start-up) from scratch. As the VP of Enterprise Sales, he played a pivotal role in driving the business top line from 0 to 250 million (INR) in 18 months.
He holds the degree of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the prestigious Indian Maritime University, Kolkata. After which he also went on to pursue Master of Business Law from National Law School, Bangalore (dropped).
gogoBus is not his first entrepreneurial venture, he successfully co-founded WareOLog in the year of 2012 where he built an Inbound, Outbound and Reverse logistics ecosystem for ecommerce players in Delhi NCR.
During his role in WareOLog he managed a team of 50 professionals and achieved a revenue growth of 150% Y-O-Y.
The journey from cargo to people logistics has been equally challenging and fulfilling. The basic idea remains same but the focus has shifted completely to build a reliable marketplace with curated inventory that assures a safe, hygienic and best in class experience for bus travellers.
Amit is a firm believer of the saying that ‘Entrepreneurship is a lonely job’, but he also believes in reaching smaller milestones and creating a difference for everyone around him. Pandemic has created several roadblocks for gogoBus ever since it started, but neither he nor his team gave up, and they are still sustaining with the core idea of transforming bus mobility in India.