Online furniture marketplace Pepperfry's co-founder Ambareesh Murty dies of cardiac arrest
New Delhi: Online furniture marketplace Pepperfry’s co-founder Ambareesh Murty has died due to cardiac arrest, the company's second co-founder Ashish Shah announced in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Shah said his "friend, mentor, brother" suffered a cardiac arrest in Leh and Murty’s demise has left him "extremely devastated".
Ambareesh Murty, 51, was a bike enthusiast and was on a motorcycle trip from Mumbai to Leh.
He launched Pepperfry in 2011 and was its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
"Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones," Shah wrote on X.
Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones. 🙏
— Ashish Shah (@TweetShah) August 8, 2023
According to data from CrunchBase, Murty held a position on the Board of Adonia Hospitality. He graduated from IIM Calcutta in the 1996 batch and earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1994.
On his X profile, he humorously referred to himself as a "closet sociopath" and expressed a fondness for reading historical epic fantasies.
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