Paras Chopra, from Bengaluru, has sold most of his company, Wingify, to a private equity firm called Everstone for around $200 million. He used to own 71% of Wingify, and this sale has made him very rich. In fact, his wealth is now comparable to some famous Hollywood stars. But has he changed his life a lot? Not really, according to him!
Biggest Change
Today, Paras made a funny post on X (formerly Twitter) saying the “biggest change” in his life after selling Wingify is that he now takes Uber Premier instead of the regular Uber Go. He added a smiley face emoji to his post! After the sale, he earned about $142 million, but since he kept a small share of the company, his total wealth could be even more, depending on how well Wingify does in the future.
Interestingly, even after getting all this money, Paras does not own a car and has no plans to buy one. He confirmed this in a recent chat on X.
About Wingify
Paras started Wingify in early 2009 when he was just 22 years old. Over 15 years, Wingify has grown from a tiny team of two to a well-known software company serving over 6,000 clients worldwide. Their main product, Visual Website Optimizer (VWO), helps businesses make their websites better by testing different versions of their online pages to see which one works best.
In a post on Hacker News, he shared his journey, saying: “I’m Paras Chopra, founder of VWO. Today, I sold the company for $200 million. I was just a 22-year-old graduate when I launched VWO here and got my first users. Thank you, Hacker News, for all the support. I wouldn’t have become an entrepreneur without you.” TechCrunch reports that even after selling, Paras will keep a small share in the company and will stay on its board.
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