Xiaomi

Xiaomi Inc is a privately owned electronics company based in Beijing. It sells, among other things, smartphones, smart-TV, laptops and mobile apps. In 2015, it was the 5th largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. It became the largest smartphone manufacturer in China in 2014, pushing Samsung down to a second place. Xiaomi has employees in…

Flipkart

Flipkart is an Indian electronics commerce company based in Bangalore. It was founded in 2007 by Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal. Ten years later, Flipkart was valued at 11.6 billion USD. Short facts about Flipkart Type of business Private Sector E-commerce / Online shopping Founded 2007 Headquarters Bangalore, India Area served India Founders Sachin Bansal Binny…

Didi Chuxing

Didi Chuxing started out as an app to order taxi pick up in China, but has today grown to include a wide range of services, including social ride sharing. Currently used by close to 300 million people in 400 Chinese cities, and with some services being inter-city, Didi Chuxing is commonly referred to as a…

Pinterest

Founded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra, Pinterest is an online site where users can create their own pin boards. Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann has described the site as “a catalog of ideas” and stated that the genesis of Pinterest came from his childhood love of collecting. When Silbermann and his friends looked…