Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey joins billionaire club after shares jump 74% post IPO listing — Here’s how much he is worth
SoftBank-backed e-commerce company Meesho became the newest member of the Indian billionaires club on Monday, December 16, 2025, after its Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vidit Aatrey said the company’s shares jumped more than 74% following its IPO on the Indian stock exchange, according to the BSE website.
On Monday, Meesho’s share price rose 74% to its intraday high. ₹$193.50 per head in the trading session, fueling the rise of the executive’s wealth stored in the company.
Messho’s IPO shares gained a premium of 53.56% on the Indian stock market. ₹170.45 on NSE, ₹The upper price range per share for the IPO on December 10, 2025 is 111. The shares were floated on the BSE at a premium of 53.33% or at a premium of 53.33%. ₹170.20 per share.
Vidit Aatrey’s net worth
Meesho’s latest shareholding update shows that co-founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey owns a 10.12% stake in the e-commerce company directly under his own name; This is equivalent to 45,65,39,149 or 45.65 crore equity shares of the firm, as per BSE data.
Vidit Aatrey’s 10.12% stake in Meesho was overvalued in 2017. ₹8,834 crore ( ₹100 crore = ₹1 billion) at the high of the day, which means the co-founder will enter the billionaires club on December 16, 2025.
mint The previous report also shows that Aatrey sold 1,60,00,000 or 1.6 crore equity shares through the initial public offering (IPO) of Meesho through its offer for sale (OFS) component. The shares sold in the upper price range of the issue constituted the collected fund of approximately TL. ₹177.60 crore.
While Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey’s exact total net worth has not been disclosed, stock gains and shareholding data on Monday shed light on the IIT Delhi graduate’s wealth.
Meesho share price is trading up 5.62% ₹It was at 180.35 in Tuesday’s stock market session. ₹According to BSE data, it was at 170.75 at the previous market close as of 15:08 (IST).
Who is Vidit Aatrey?
Vidit Aatrey is the co-founder and CEO of SoftBank-backed Bengaluru-based e-commerce startup Meesho. According to data collected from his LinkedIn profile, Aatrey started his career in the operations of FMCG giant ITC Limited in 2012.
He left ITC in 2014 to join a company called InMobi, and after spending a little over a year at the firm, he went on to found his startup called Meesho. Vidit Aatrey has been the CEO of Meesho since June 2015.
The data also showed that Vidit Aatrey completed his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2012. He also holds some educational qualifications from global technology AI company Y Combinator.
Meesho co-founder Sanjeev Kumar currently holds 29,96,75,788 shares or 6.64% stake in the company, valued at ₹579.87 crore as of Monday’s market session. Like Aatrey, Kumar also sold 1.6 crore shares through OFS issue in the company’s IPO round.
