Housing.com appoints Nikhil Rungta as CMO

Nikhil Rungta, who comes with over 20 years of experience, was the first CMO for Google in India and has also played key leadership roles at Reliance Jio, Google India, Yebhi and Yatra.com

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | November 2, 2015

Nikhil Rungta

Real estate platform Housing.com announced the appointment of Nikhil Rungta as its Chief Marketing Officer. A seasoned marketing veteran with over 20 years of experience, Rungta is recognized as one of India's top marketing leaders, with experience across companies like Reliance Jio, Google, and McCann Erickson.

Nikhil is a new-age marketer known to leverage a mix of both traditional and digital marketing. Prior to Housing.com, Nikhil was Senior VP, Marketing, at Reliance Jio, and was the first CMO for Google in India, where he held that position for four years. He has also played key business leadership roles at start-ups like Yebhi and Yatra.com.

Jason Kothari, Chief Business Officer, Housing.com, said, “Nikhil is one of India's leading marketers who have achieved remarkable success during his career. For the last two decades, he has worked in leadership roles across sales, marketing and e-commerce with both multinationals and start-ups. He has a deep understanding of the Indian consumer market and has used a mix of traditional marketing and digital media to grow world-class businesses and brands from the ground up. His rich experience will be a valuable addition to Housing.com's growth plans and senior management team.  We are very excited to have him on board with us.”

“Housing.com disrupted the online real estate market with a best in- class product based on their cutting-edge technology, big data and youthful energy. Housing, like Apple, has a great mix of technology and design thinking, their UI and UX is world class. They are making the home buying decision much easier for customers. The Company has all the ingredients to become the next unicorn from India, and I am really excited to be a part of this journey with Housing,” commented Rungta.

Rungta's tenure at Google has been recognized globally, when he achieved a milestone growth for YouTube's India user base with events like live streaming of IPL and online premier of Bollywood blockbusters like 'Dabangg'. In addition, he is also credited for helping make Google Chrome the number one web browser in the country. Rungta is also the man behind the Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF). He conceptualised and launched it in 2012, and it is now as big as Cyber Monday in US or the Singles Day in China.

He was named as one of the 50 Most Talented CMOs in India at the World Brand Congress in 2013. He has also received multiple awards at Google including the prestigious Google Founders Award and Platinum Award for Marketing. His initiative for Yebhi.com's 'Shopping via Virtual Wall' was awarded Gold for Innovation of the Year. His work has been recognized and awarded at events like Cannes Ad Festival, Clio and the Goa Fest.

Nikhil holds a MBA from NMIMS in Mumbai and is a B.Sc graduate from Hindu College, Delhi University.

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